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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.

Kants Lectures on Political Philosophy

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 7/31/2025
      ISBN13: 9781009215084, 978-1009215084
      ISBN10: 1009215086
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      Book Synopsis
      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.

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