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Kant's philosophy - What is Right (Law/Justice) and what separates it from Ethics?

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Moral philosophy is made up of two sciences according to Kant: Ethics and Right (or Law or Justice). Metaphysics of morals in general is the doctrine of duties, ethics and right therefore both deal with the duties of men. Right however is concerned only with those duties which come with a right for others to compell someone to fulfill them. However compulsion can only concern outer actions, not attitudes. While ethics demands the good will as the source of good deeds, right therefore cares only for the actions as such and doesn't ask whether a person is inwardly good or evil.Quote: 0:08The place of right in the architectonic of Kant's system: 1:01"Recht" could be translated as "right", "law" or "justice": 11:14The difference between right and ethics: 25:15Right is only concerned with narrow duties towards others: 37:48Ethics is concerned with the will, right only with choice: 57:33The different kinds of right/laws: 1:20:42Kant's insufficient separation of right and ethics and the problems arising from it: 1:45:20Thanks: 2:08:50Overiew over philosophy according to Kant: https://jonathanivoloewer.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Philosophy-according-to-Kant.jpgOveriew over metaphysics according to Kant: https://jonathanivoloewer.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Metaphysics-according-to-Kant-scaled.jpgThe difference between Ethics and Right Kant explains in his Metaphysics of Morals: https://ld.circuitdebater.org/w/archive_files/%5BImmanuel_Kant%5D_Kant_The_Metaphysics_of_Morals.pdf/507955836/%5BImmanuel_Kant%5D_Kant_The_Metaphysics_of_Morals.pdfWhoever wants to support my aufkläring work can do so via:https://ko-fi.com/jonathanivoloewerhttps://www.patreon.com/jonathanivoloewerhttps://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=VDDT7T7XHR77UThumbnail: www.hotpot.ai

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