Has social justice any legitimacy in Kant's theory of right? The empirical conditions of the legal state as a civil union

This paper aims at shedding light on an obscure point in Kant's theory of the state. It discusses whether Kant's rational theory of the state recognises the fact that certain exceptional social situations, such as the extreme poverty of some parts of the population, could request instituti...

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Main Author: Nuria Sánches Madrid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista 2014-08-01
Series:Trans/Form/Ação
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-31732014000200007&lng=en&tlng=en