Right, Morals and the Categorical Imperative
Abstract: In this paper I examine the relationship between the principle of right and the principle of morals [Sitten] in Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals. My interpretation denies that the principle of right is derived from the categorical imperative, but neither does it adhere to the independence thesis. I present a third way of understanding the relationship between the law of right and the universal law of morals: the latter is needed in order to formulate the former, but it is not sufficient. The principle of right is obtained by applying the categorical imperative to the concept of right. I highlight the discussion on the subject within the late eighteenth-century German natural law tradition and similar arguments found in Achenwall.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Deutsch
- Bibliographic citation
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Right, Morals and the Categorical Imperative ; volume:114 ; number:3 ; year:2023 ; pages:513-538 ; extent:26
Kant-Studien ; 114, Heft 3 (2023), 513-538 (gesamt 26)
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Tomassini, Fiorella
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10.1515/kant-2023-2030
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023090814202257685500
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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