Kant's Lectures on Political Philosophy

A Critical Guide

Frederick Rauscher (Michigan State University)

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English

Cambridge University Press
07 August 2025

History: theory & methods; Philosophy; Western philosophy: Enlightenment; Social & political philosophy; History of ideas

Series: Cambridge Critical Guides

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.

Edited by: Frederick Rauscher (Michigan State University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
ISBN: 9781009215084
ISBN 10: 1009215086
Series: Cambridge Critical Guides
Pages: 314
Publication Date: 07 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Frederick Rauscher is Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University. He is the editor and co-translator of Kant's Lectures and Drafts on Political Philosophy (Cambridge, 2016).