Kant's practical philosophy

from University of Tokyo 1S Law and Society Kant’s Practical Philosophy

• Around Rn46
• Practical Reason

  • 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)❓

      • Kant’s concept of freedom is valid through the form of general laws that even bind sovereigns.

• Hegel’s criticism

  • 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.
• 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.