Respect for Reason as a Reason of Law and Morality in the World Some Anottation to Kant’s Conception of Worldcitizenship

Abstract

The background of the study is set on the analysis of Kant’s idea of worldcitizenship in empire of human rationality, which he sees as world of academic liberty, authority of reason and equality of actors. Author of this study tries to focus an attention on basic idea of Kantian morality – on Respect to moral law giver. He shows that in Kant’s conception is the law giver only the critical reason. This moment allows Kant to create authonomious morality in which is law giver, actor and judge the same. Reason in each from these persons is the same like in each rational being. So Kant discovered proof of equality as a condition of universal morality.

The second moment of Kantian morality is duty of logical consistency (respect of rationality to reason in everybody). Because the rationality is universal, we must respect Reason in each man and it gives the dignity to each. Equality and the duty of respect to another is a main idea of Kant’s conception of of worldcitizenship.

At the end of study author shows phyziocratic source of worldcitizenship from Kant’s point of view. He analyses typical idea of Freedom as a condition of morality in the polemic with Kant’s idea of “providence” and rationality of Nature. Author believes that Kant’s argumentation can be inspirative in conterporary world, too.

Keywords

• Kant,Reason,Law Giver,Respect,Equality,Worldcitizenship

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