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Sexual Desire and the Importance of Marriage in K ant's Philosophy of Law

Author(s) -

Mertens Thomas

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

ratio juris

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344

H-Index - 10

eISSN - 1467-9337

pISSN - 0952-1917

DOI - 10.1111/raju.12048

Subject(s) - morality , duty , statement (logic) , philosophy , epistemology , sociology , law , psychology , political science , theology

In his moral writings, K ant states that moral duty cannot be derived from “the special characteristics of human nature.” This statement is untenable if one takes seriously K ant's moral views on sexual desire. Instead close study reveals that considerations based on both morality and nature play a role here. The combination of these two elements leads to inconsistencies and difficulties in K ant's understanding of sexual desire, but they enable us to better understand the importance K ant attributes to marriage within his philosophy of law.

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