On the relationship between "rights" and "duties" in Kant’s practical philosophy. From juridical reciprocity to ethical reciprocity
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Right, duty, dignity, humanity
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This paper considers the problem involved in the relationship between rights and duties in the frame of Kant’s practical philosophy. Trough the analysis of the concept of right –as formulated in the Metaphysical first principles of the doctrine of right– and the concept of human dignity, addressed in the second formulation of the categorical imperative, I will try to show that both natural human rights and our duty to respect humanity as an end in itself rest on the idea of an intrinsic value of humanity, which in turn rests on the rational nature of human beings.Downloads
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Beade I. P. (2017). On the relationship between "rights" and "duties" in Kant’s practical philosophy. From juridical reciprocity to ethical reciprocity. Res Publica. Revista de Historia de las Ideas Políticas, 20(2), 275-291. https://doi.org/10.5209/RPUB.56470
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