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Baiasu, S (2016) Ethical and Politico-juridical Norms in the 'Tugendlehre'. Studi Kantiani, 19. pp. 59-76. ISSN 1724-1812
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Abstract
Kant’s view of the relation between ethical and politico-juridical norms has been debated in the literature,
especially his view in the Rechtslehre. Apart from the exegetical question about the accurate interpretation of
Kant’s practical philosophy, at stake is also the general issue of the kind of politico-juridical normgiving we
think we should have in our society. I have claimed that the fundamental positions in the literature on Kant can
be reconciled, and, on the basis of Kant’s claims in the Introduction to the Metaphysics of Morals, I have
argued that ethical principles formulate in a complex way certain requirements that politico-juridical principles
will have to meet in order to be appropriate principles for a society. I have also shown that the direct
independentist position, according to which politico-juridical principles cannot be derived from the ethical
ones, holds only when we regard principles from the perspective of subjective validity. In this paper, I examine the relation between ethical and politico-juridical principles on the basis of Kant’s claims in the Tugendlehre. My claim is that the interpretation of his view needs to be adjusted in order to accommodate his claims in the Doctrine of Virtue. We will end up with an even more complex relation; on this revised interpretation, Kant would still regard politico-juridical principles as dependent in a complex way on ethical principles, but only on a specific subset of ethical principles. This will mean that the other ethical principles will not ground politicojuridical principles; the latter will be independent from the former, and this will be additional support for the independentist position.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This is the accepted author manuscript (AAM). The final published version (version of record) is available online via Fabrizio Serra editore at http://dx.medra.org/10.19272/201602901004 - please refer to any applicable terms of use of the publisher. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Immanuel Kant, Marcus Willaschek, Tugendlehre, normativity, ethics and right, normative dependence |
Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Politics, Philosophy, International Relations and Environment |
Depositing User: | Symplectic |
Date Deposited: | 02 Dec 2016 09:36 |
Last Modified: | 04 Apr 2019 12:29 |
URI: | https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/id/eprint/2567 |