Original scientific paper
"NO PRAETOR ABOVE STATES". A CONTRIBUTION TO HEGEL'S CRITIQUE OF KANT'S CONCEPT OF PERPETUAL PEACE
Hans Christian Lucas
; Hegels Archiv, Bochum, Germany
Abstract
According to the author, the difference between Hegel and Kant regarding the definition of the idea of perpetual peace is indicative of their radically different concepts of philosophy. The first philosophy strives, through the sober acceptance of what really is, to point out where improvements are needed. The second talks about the reconciliation of reason and reality and is consequently frequently dubbed despondent. Nevertheless, and according to the author, this difference between Hegel and Kant (which in certain postulates looks incompatible) is less principle-based than is usually thought, since Kant's moral and philosophical requirements regarding politics are meaningful only if there is the underlying confidence as to the historical efficacy of the reason.
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105852
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Publication date:
4.10.1996.
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