Kant’s Four Political Conditions<subtitle>Barbarism, Anarchy, Despotism, and Republic</subtitle>

In Kant’s “Doctrine of Right” there is a philosophical and interpretive puzzle surrounding the translation of a key concept: Gewalt. Should we translate it as “force,” “power,” or “violence”? This raises both general questions in Kant’s legal-political philosophy as well as puzzles regarding Kant’s...

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Published in:Norsk Filosofisk Tidsskrift
Main Author: Helga Varden
Format: Article
Language:Bokmål
Published: Scandinavian University Press 2022-09-01
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Online Access:http://www.idunn.no/doi/10.18261/nft.57.3-4.9