TY - JOUR
T1 - Kant and dependency relations
T2 - Kant on the state's right to redistribute resources to protect the rights of dependents
AU - Varden, Helga
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Contrary to much Kant interpretation, this article argues that Kant's moral philosophy, including his account of charity, is irrelevant to justifying the state's right to redistribute material resources to secure the rights of dependents (the poor, children, and the impaired). The article also rejects the popular view that Kant either does not or cannot justify anything remotely similar to the liberal welfare state. A closer look at Kant's account of dependency relations in "The Doctrine of Right" reveals an argumentative structure sufficient for a public institutional protection of dependents and evidence that Kant identifies concerns of economic justice as lying at the heart of the state's legitimacy.
AB - Contrary to much Kant interpretation, this article argues that Kant's moral philosophy, including his account of charity, is irrelevant to justifying the state's right to redistribute material resources to secure the rights of dependents (the poor, children, and the impaired). The article also rejects the popular view that Kant either does not or cannot justify anything remotely similar to the liberal welfare state. A closer look at Kant's account of dependency relations in "The Doctrine of Right" reveals an argumentative structure sufficient for a public institutional protection of dependents and evidence that Kant identifies concerns of economic justice as lying at the heart of the state's legitimacy.
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U2 - 10.1017/s0012217300000561
DO - 10.1017/s0012217300000561
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:60950173397
SN - 0012-2173
VL - 45
SP - 257
EP - 284
JO - Dialogue-Canadian Philosophical Review
JF - Dialogue-Canadian Philosophical Review
IS - 2
ER -