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Review Of Helmut Holzhey, Cohen Und Natorp (1986): Volume I, Ursprung Und Einheit; Volume Ii, Der Marburger Neukantianismus In Quellen, Harry Van Der Linden Sep 1990

Review Of Helmut Holzhey, Cohen Und Natorp (1986): Volume I, Ursprung Und Einheit; Volume Ii, Der Marburger Neukantianismus In Quellen, Harry Van Der Linden

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Harry van der Linden's review of: Helmut Holzhey, Cohen und Natorp (1986): Volume I, Ursprung und Einheit; Volume II, Der Marburger Neukantianismus in Quellen, Basel/Stuttgart: Schwabe & Co., 1986


Kantian Ethics And Socialism, Harry Van Der Linden Jan 1988

Kantian Ethics And Socialism, Harry Van Der Linden

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This study argues for three main theses: (1) Immanuel Kant’s ethics is a social ethics; (2) the basic premises of his social ethics point to a socialist ethics; and (3) this socialist ethics constitutes a suitable platform for criticizing and improving Karl Marx’s view of morality.

Some crucial aspects of Kant’s social ethics are that we must promote the “realm of ends” as a moral society of co-legislators who assist each other in the pursuit of their individual ends, which requires in turn that we seek the realization of the republican state and peace between the nations. Thus hope for …