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| Natural state: The natural state in philosophy is a hypothetical condition in which humans live without government or social order. It is often used as a starting point for thinking about the origins of society and the role of government. See also State, Government, Society, Community._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Immanuel Kant on Natural State - Dictionary of Arguments
Höffe I 310 Natural State/Kant/Höffe: More in contrast to Locke than to the other contractualists, this is not an early historical event [for Kant], but a pure thought experiment, which does not concern the origin of the state as it is, but the rule and guideline as it should be. Free persons, who live in a state without state relations, the >natural state (also a purely mental element), let a public legal order arise in the original contract, the so-called social contract. Höffe I 311 Against the natural state does not speak that it brings fear and terror, but that it is a state of "outwardly lawless freedom"(1). No one is safe from the interference of others. In the natural state, then, there is lawlessness, not injustice. >State/Kant, >Legislation/Kant. 1. I. Kant, Rechtslehre, § 42._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
I. Kant I Günter Schulte Kant Einführung (Campus) Frankfurt 1994 Externe Quellen. ZEIT-Artikel 11/02 (Ludger Heidbrink über Rawls) Volker Gerhard "Die Frucht der Freiheit" Plädoyer für die Stammzellforschung ZEIT 27.11.03 Höffe I Otfried Höffe Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016 |
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