PHIL 2280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Immanuel Kant, Hypothetical Imperative, Categorical Imperative
4 Oct 2017
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Kant presents the outline of a republican state. Christian grave holds that moral principles cannot be adopted and enacted in practice. Hence, grave argued, the unbridgeable gap between theory and practice. (171) Duty is necessity of acting out of reverence for law (172-173) Categorical imperative: act only to that maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law: on the relationship of theory to practice in political right. Civil constitution: characterized by the right of men under coercive public laws. Right is (cid:449)hat restri(cid:272)ts ea(cid:272)h i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s freedo(cid:373) so that e(cid:448)eryo(cid:374)e"s freedo(cid:373) is se(cid:272)ured. He(cid:374)(cid:272)e, public right is the mark of the external law that makes public freedom possible. A civil constitution is an association of free and equal men who are subject to coercive laws. For kant, a citizen is anyone who has the right to vote in legislation.
