Kant’s Critique of Political Eudaimonism in Über den Gemeinspruch das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, aber taugt nicht für die Praxis

Kant’s Critique of Political Eudaimonism in Über den Gemeinspruch das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, aber taugt nicht für die Praxis

Kant’s position on the link between law and the natural impulse toward happiness is examined. If the State is established to satisfy particular ends, the result is a justification of despotism and popular rebellion. Two hypotheses are given: a) the principle of happiness should be replaced by the id...

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Main Author: Fiorella Tomassini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2015-08-01
Series:Ideas y Valores
Subjects:
I. Kant
eudaimonism
State
general will
Online Access:http://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/view/40154/pdf6
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spelling doaj-81196f1a86f14a20aa3241a108ac82df2020-11-24T22:08:19ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaIdeas y Valores0120-00620120-00622015-08-0164158107122http://dx.doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvalores.v64n158.40154Kant’s Critique of Political Eudaimonism in Über den Gemeinspruch das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, aber taugt nicht für die PraxisFiorella TomassiniKant’s position on the link between law and the natural impulse toward happiness is examined. If the State is established to satisfy particular ends, the result is a justification of despotism and popular rebellion. Two hypotheses are given: a) the principle of happiness should be replaced by the idea of a general legislative will as the only normative-evaluative criterion for the legitimacy of political obligation; and b) this juridic principle a priori requires the sovereign and the people to adopt the perspective of general will to judge the prevailing political power.http://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/view/40154/pdf6I. KanteudaimonismStategeneral will
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Kant’s Critique of Political Eudaimonism in Über den Gemeinspruch das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, aber taugt nicht für die Praxis
Ideas y Valores
I. Kant
eudaimonism
State
general will
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title Kant’s Critique of Political Eudaimonism in Über den Gemeinspruch das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, aber taugt nicht für die Praxis
title_short Kant’s Critique of Political Eudaimonism in Über den Gemeinspruch das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, aber taugt nicht für die Praxis
title_full Kant’s Critique of Political Eudaimonism in Über den Gemeinspruch das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, aber taugt nicht für die Praxis
title_fullStr Kant’s Critique of Political Eudaimonism in Über den Gemeinspruch das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, aber taugt nicht für die Praxis
title_full_unstemmed Kant’s Critique of Political Eudaimonism in Über den Gemeinspruch das mag in der Theorie richtig sein, aber taugt nicht für die Praxis
title_sort kant’s critique of political eudaimonism in über den gemeinspruch das mag in der theorie richtig sein, aber taugt nicht für die praxis
publisher Universidad Nacional de Colombia
series Ideas y Valores
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0120-0062
publishDate 2015-08-01
description Kant’s position on the link between law and the natural impulse toward happiness is examined. If the State is established to satisfy particular ends, the result is a justification of despotism and popular rebellion. Two hypotheses are given: a) the principle of happiness should be replaced by the idea of a general legislative will as the only normative-evaluative criterion for the legitimacy of political obligation; and b) this juridic principle a priori requires the sovereign and the people to adopt the perspective of general will to judge the prevailing political power.
topic I. Kant
eudaimonism
State
general will
url http://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/idval/article/view/40154/pdf6
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