from University of Tokyo 1S Law and Society Kant’s Practical Philosophy
- Around Rn46
- Practical Reason
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The ability to establish “general” moral laws that command what humans should do by purely thinking and inferring the personality of things themselves.
- As a premise, there are subjective rules/principles for each personality, like internal commands, similar to the categorical imperative.
- It is considered that practical reason is the ability to find and deduce “general laws” that generalize these rules of each personality.
- Such as morality and law.
- Due to this generality, people (sovereigns) are bound by general laws.
- Not well understood (blu3mo)❓
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Kant’s concept of freedom is valid through the form of general laws that even bind sovereigns.
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- Hegel’s criticism
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Hegel argued that the formal generality of laws in Kant should be connected to the concrete infrastructure of “ethical life.”
- Such as objective spirit, ethics, etc.
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- I haven’t caught up yet, but there should be many explanations on the internet around here, so let’s review (blu3mo).
- Ultimately, I still have a vague understanding, so it’s a good opportunity for self-study (blu3mo).
- There is confusion because various meanings are attached to terms that have meaning in everyday life.
- Such as spirit, state, family, society.