The Postulate of Public Right (Elements in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant)

Capps, Patrick/ Rivers, Julian

Cambridge University Press（2025/01発売）

Cambridge University Press（2025/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 78 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781009180566
• DDC分類 342.08501

Full Description

Kant's main work in the philosophy of law - the Doctrine of Right (1797) - is notoriously difficult for modern readers to understand. Kant clearly argues that rightful relations between human beings can only be achieved if we enter into a civil legal condition taking a defined constitutional form. In this Element, we emphasise that Kant considers this claim to be a postulate of practical reason, thus identifying the pure idea of the state as the culmination of his entire practical philosophy. The Doctrine of Right makes sense as an attempt to clarify the content of the postulate of public right and constructively interpret existing domestic and international legal arrangements in the light of the noumenal republic it postulates. Properly understood, Kant's postulate of public right is the epistemological foundation of a non-positivist legal theory that remains of central significance to modern legal philosophy and legal doctrinal method.

Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. From principle to postulate; 2. Law in light of the noumenal republic; Afterword; List of abbreviations; Bibliography.