A decade prior to his main publications in political philosophy, Kant presented his views on the topic in his 1784 course lectures on natural right. This Critical Guide examines this only surviving student transcript of these lectures, which shows how Kant's political philosophy developed in response to the dominant natural law tradition and other theories. Fourteen new essays explore how Kant's lectures reveal his assessment of natural law, the central value of freedom, the importance of property and contract, the purposes and powers of the state, and the role of individual autonomy and the rights of human beings.
The essays place his claims in relation to events and other publications of the early 1780s, and show Kant in the process of working out the theories which would later characterize his influential political philosophy.
| ISBN: | 9781009215107 |
| Publication date: | 22nd October 2026 |
| Author: | Frederick Rauscher |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 314 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Critical Guides |
| Genres: |
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought History of ideas Historical research: source documents Western philosophy: Enlightenment Social and political philosophy |
A decade prior to his main publications in political philosophy, Kant presented his views on the topic in his 1784 course lectures on natural right. This Critical Guide examines this only surviving student transcript of these lectures, which shows how Kant's political philosophy developed in response to the dominant natural law tradition and other theories.
Kant's Lectures on Political Philosophy features in the following genres: Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of ideas, Historical research: source documents, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, Social and political philosophy
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Kant's Lectures on Political Philosophy was written by Frederick Rauscher and published by Cambridge University Press
Kant's Lectures on Political Philosophy has 314 pages
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