Open AccessKant og den moderne pliktbevissthet
Author(s) -
Hjördis Nerheim
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
studier i pædagogisk filosofi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2244-9140
DOI - 10.7146/spf.v1i1.5688
Subject(s) - style (visual arts) , font , duty , span (engineering) , politics , philosophy , character (mathematics) , the holocaust , life span , humanities , theology , art , literature , political science , law , mathematics , medicine , geometry , visual arts , civil engineering , engineering , gerontology
Kant’s rejection of rebellion as a political right seems to be problematic for his concept of duty. The paper discusses the trial of the Holocaust perpetrator Adolf Eichmann as a possible case against Kant’s political philosophy. It argues, however, that Kant in his Critique of Judgment and in his philosophy of religion has articulated a very sophisticated point of view