Rilla, Jeronimo;
(2018)
Safe or Happy? The Purpose of the Leviathan Seen
through Kant's Objections // ¿A salvo o felices? La finalidad del Leviatán a través de las objeciones de
Kant.
Ideas y Valores
, 67
(168)
pp. 59-80.
10.15446/ideasyvalores.v67n168.57021.
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Abstract
The article addresses Hobbes' political project in the light of Kant's critique as set forth in Theory and Praxis. Specifically, it carries out a detailed discussion of the objection to despotic government, in which the sovereign establishes the happiness of the people as the main objective of the State and, consequently, ends up involuntarily fostering rebellion. In this respect, the article argues that Hobbes' formulation in Leviathan manages to circumvent Kant's reproaches precisely because its peculiar notion of happiness prevents it from being construed as the objective of political society. Likewise, we argue that there is a significant modification of terminology with respect to De Cive, which leads us to consider the possibility that Hobbes may have anticipated the objections discussed. / / En el presente trabajo se aborda el proyecto político hobbesiano a la luz de las críticas realizadas por Kant en Teoría y praxis. Específicamente, se considera en detalle la objeción contra el Gobierno despótico, según la cual, el soberano sitúa la felicidad del pueblo como la principal finalidad del Estado y, por ello, acaba fomentando involuntariamente la rebelión. Al respecto, se sostendrá que el planteamiento de Hobbes en el Leviatán evade el foco de los reproches kantianos, justamente porque su particular noción de felicidad impide que esta pueda ser constituida como el objetivo de la sociedad política. A su vez, se arguye que existe una sugestiva modificación terminológica con relación al De Cive, que lleva a considerar la posibilidad de que Hobbes haya prefigurado las críticas reseñadas.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Safe or Happy? The Purpose of the Leviathan Seen through Kant's Objections // ¿A salvo o felices? La finalidad del Leviatán a través de las objeciones de Kant |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.15446/ideasyvalores.v67n168.57021 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvalores.v67n168.5702... |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s), 2025. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CC-BY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Arts & Humanities, Philosophy, T. Hobbes, I. Kant, despotism, happiness, teleology // T. Hobbes, I. Kant, despotismo, felicidad, teleología. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of History |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10215920 |
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