Religion and the Limits of Institutional Authority of the State over an Individual in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant
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https://doi.org/10.14394/etyka.528Keywords:
Immanuel kant, bóg, metafizyka klasyczna, etyka, empiryzmAbstract
In this paper I try to analyze the nature of relation that binds the state and religion in Immanuel Kant’s philosophy. Religion inside the state should be interpreted as a limit of the power that the state can have upon its citizens. The state is not entitled to demand people to be virtuous or promote their hap-piness. It is an institution based on the laws proceeding from the practical reason and because of that its coming into being is prescribed by the moral law. Nevertheless its function is to protect property and define what rights and duties citizens have but it cannot look after moral development of the citizens by ensuring they would make morally desirable choices or become better and better people.
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