The Highest Good And The Happiness Of Others

Jahrbuch für Recht Und Ethik 5 (1997)
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Abstract

In the Critique of Practical Reason, Kant claims it is obvious that the concept and the representation of the existence of the highest good, as something that is possible through our practical reason, can be not only the object, but also the determining ground or motivation for a pure will. This essay surveys the systematic advantages and disadvantages of the most plausible interpretations of the concept of the highest good in this sense, with special emphasis upon the highest good as a demand for social justice in this world. In der Kritik der praktischen Vernunft behauptet Kant, es verstehe sich von selbst, daß der Begriff und die Vorstellung der durch unsere praktische Vernunft möglichen Existenz des höchsten Guts nicht nur das Objekt, sondern auch den Bestimmungsgrund des reinen Willens darstellen kann. In diesem Aufsatz werden die systematischen Vor- und Nachteile der plausibelsten Auslegungen des Begriffs des höchsten Guts in diesem Sinne erwogen, mit besonderer Betonung der Interpretation des höchsten Guts als einer Forderung nach sozialer Gerechtigkeit in dieser Welt

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