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His Ethical System andCosmopolitanism


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Immanuel Kant,German philosopher,lived from 1724 until

1804 during the timeof the Enlightenment,but more importantlyit was a time of

revolution and nation-building


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Human

Autonomous

Moral &

EthicsSystem

Categorical

Imparatives

Kingdomof Ends


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The fundamental idea of Kant's critical

philosophy especially in his threeCritiques: the Critique of Pure Reason (1781,1787), the Critique of Practical Reason (1788),and the Critique of the Power of Judgment

(1790) is human autonomy


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Human understanding is the source of thegeneral laws of nature that structure all ourexperience;

Human reason gives itself the moral law,which is our basis for belief in God, freedom,and immortalitiy


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Morals are Objective.

The Three fundamental elements in Kants MoralSystem:

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Individuals are rational beings; that is, peoplehave the ability to make choices on the basis ofreason and to act on the choices

2. Individuals have an intrinsic value; that is, peoplehave value in and of themselves. In other words,individuals are ends also, not means only.

3. Individuals are the author of the moral law; thatis, individuals are autonomous


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Act only on the maxim which you can at thesame time will that it should be a universal law

Act in such a way that you always treat

humanity, whether in your own person or inthe person of any other, never simply as ameans, but always at the same time as an end


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Kant believed that, if in society, human beingsfreely obey the categorical imperative, wewould have an ideal community a utopia?


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The aim of Kants project is to end all war


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Basic concept of cosmopolitanism is I am acitizen of the world

Cosmopolitan views is the idea that all human

beings, regardless of their political affiliation,belong to a single community based on sharemorality, and that this community should becultivated

Community (state) and its human (people) =yes, Sovereignty


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To him, sovereignty was the most importantright of each individual nation-state, asspecified by the peace of Westphalia in 1648.

It was based on two principles: territorialityand the exclusion of external actors frominterfering in domestic affairs.

No state was allowed to interfere with theworkings of another state.


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The rational idea that a peaceful internationalcommunity of all human beings can be createdis a principle of right.

Cosmopolitan right is an obligation on allnations to facilitate travel and trade and tounite for the purpose of creating universal lawsto regulate their relations

The Federation would, therefore, create aframework where citizens of one state wouldbe able to interact with their fellow citizens ofanother state without a threat of hostility.


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http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/5i.htm

http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/Kant_eth.htm

http://lubomitev.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/kants-conception-of-cosmopolitanism-and-its-limitations/

Kant, Immanuel. Toward Perpetual Peace; Idea fora UniversalHistory from a Cosmopolitan

Perspective Immanuel Kants Ethical System,

http://philosophycorner.us/Immanuel%20Kant%20And%20the%20Categorical%20Imperative.pdf

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