The Community Aspect of Kant’s Virtuous Circle Between Ethics and Politics

• Autores: Nicole Martinazzo
• Localización: Con-textos Kantianos: International Journal of Philosophy, ISSN-e 2386-7655, Vol. 21, 2025, págs. 151-157
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5209/kant.101372
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  • This article examines the interplay between the moral and the political in Kant’s thought. In doing so, it draws an analogy between two relations: that between the ethical and the political community, and that between moral and political progress. Through this analogy, I argue (i) that Kant grants logical precedence to political progress, (ii) that there is a virtuous circle between moral and political progress, and (iii) that forming a community is both a duty and a human predisposition.

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