Kant, Freedom as Independence, and Democracy
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Kant, Freedom as Independence, and Democracy. / Rostbøll, Christian F.
I: The Journal of Politics, Bind 78, Nr. 3, 10.06.2016, s. 792-805.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Kant, Freedom as Independence, and Democracy
AU - Rostbøll, Christian F.
PY - 2016/6/10
Y1 - 2016/6/10
N2 - While the influence of Kant’s practical philosophy on contemporary political theory has been profound, it has its source in Kant’s autonomy-based moral philosophy rather than in his freedom-based philosophy of Right. Kant scholars have increasingly turned their attention to Kant’s Rechtslehre, but they have largely ignored its potential contribution to discussions of democracy. However, Kant’s approach to political philosophy can supply unique insights to the latter. His notion that freedom and the public legal order are co-constitutive can be developed into a freedom argument for constitutional democracy. This freedom argument goes beyond freedom as moral autonomy and a libertarian idea of freedom as non-interference to a notion of freedom as a form of standing constituted by the public legal order. The trouble with other attempts to connect freedom and democracy is that they have operated with a moral ideal that is independent of a public legal order.
AB - While the influence of Kant’s practical philosophy on contemporary political theory has been profound, it has its source in Kant’s autonomy-based moral philosophy rather than in his freedom-based philosophy of Right. Kant scholars have increasingly turned their attention to Kant’s Rechtslehre, but they have largely ignored its potential contribution to discussions of democracy. However, Kant’s approach to political philosophy can supply unique insights to the latter. His notion that freedom and the public legal order are co-constitutive can be developed into a freedom argument for constitutional democracy. This freedom argument goes beyond freedom as moral autonomy and a libertarian idea of freedom as non-interference to a notion of freedom as a form of standing constituted by the public legal order. The trouble with other attempts to connect freedom and democracy is that they have operated with a moral ideal that is independent of a public legal order.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - democracy
KW - freedom
KW - noninstrumentalism
KW - Immanuel Kant
KW - constitution
U2 - 10.1086/685448
DO - 10.1086/685448
M3 - Journal article
VL - 78
SP - 792
EP - 805
JO - Journal of Politics
JF - Journal of Politics
SN - 0022-3816
IS - 3
ER -
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