Flikschuh, Katrin 
ORCID: 0000-0002-4585-6844
(2004)
Ist das rechtliche postulat ein postulat der reinen praktischen vernunft.
In: Sharon Byrd, B, Hruschka, Joachim and Joerden, Jan C., (eds.)
Jahrbuch Für Recht und Ethik.
Themenschwerpunkt: Zur entwicklungsgeschichte moralischer grund-sätze in der philosophie der aufklärung / The development of moral first principles in the philosophy of the enlightenment.
Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, Germany, pp. 299-330.
ISBN 9783428117307
Abstract
While German speaking Kant scholars tend to focus on interpreting the ‘postulate of practical reason with regard to Right' as a permissive law ( lex permissiva ), their English speaking counterparts emphasise its status as a postulate of pure practical reason. The present article seeks to establish a connection between the postulate's two functions. The paper distinguishes between a.) a justificatory function and b.) a referring function of the postulate of Right. In its first function as a lex permissiva the postulate justifies the right to external possession of each person. In its second function as a postulate of pure practical reason it refers agents to the ‘final end' or ‘final purpose' of the Doctrine of Right as a whole, namely to the idea of cosmopolitan Right as an idea of pure practical reason. The referring function of the postulate of Right follows as a corollary from its justificatory function: b.) is thus conceptually dependent upon a.). This interpretation establishes a systematic connection between Kant's account of Private Right on the one hand and his view of cosmopolitan Right on the other hand: the final end of securing the right of each lies in establishing ‘thoroughgoing' relations of Right among all.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Official URL: | http://www.str2.jura.uni-erlangen.de/hruschka/JRE/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2004 Duncker & Humblot |
| Divisions: | Government |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2008 19:48 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 16:55 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/15818 |
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