Right, Morals and the Categorical Imperative

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...

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Author: Tomassini Abaurrea, Fiorella
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Publication Date:2023
Country:Argentina
Institution:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
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Language:English
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MORALS
PRINCIPLE OF RIGHT
RIGHT
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spelling Right, Morals and the Categorical ImperativeTomassini Abaurrea, FiorellaCATEGORICAL IMPERATIVEMORALSPRINCIPLE OF RIGHTRIGHThttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6In 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.Fil: Tomassini Abaurrea, Fiorella. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaDe Gruyter2023-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/221168Tomassini Abaurrea, Fiorella; Right, Morals and the Categorical Imperative; De Gruyter; Kant-Studien; 114; 3; 9-2023; 513-5380022-8877CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1515/kant-2023-2030info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2024-05-08T14:01:29Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/221168instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982024-05-08 14:01:30.08CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Right, Morals and the Categorical Imperative
title Right, Morals and the Categorical Imperative
spellingShingle Right, Morals and the Categorical Imperative
Tomassini Abaurrea, Fiorella
CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE
MORALS
PRINCIPLE OF RIGHT
RIGHT
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
title_short Right, Morals and the Categorical Imperative
title_full Right, Morals and the Categorical Imperative
title_fullStr Right, Morals and the Categorical Imperative
title_full_unstemmed Right, Morals and the Categorical Imperative
title_sort Right, Morals and the Categorical Imperative
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tomassini Abaurrea, Fiorella
author Tomassini Abaurrea, Fiorella
author_facet Tomassini Abaurrea, Fiorella
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE
MORALS
PRINCIPLE OF RIGHT
RIGHT
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
topic CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE
MORALS
PRINCIPLE OF RIGHT
RIGHT
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
description 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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Tomassini Abaurrea, Fiorella; Right, Morals and the Categorical Imperative; De Gruyter; Kant-Studien; 114; 3; 9-2023; 513-538
0022-8877
CONICET Digital
CONICET
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