Nicolas Ben Knecht (Universität Bonn): Publications

Einer unter Gleichen. Zu Kants Konzeption intersubjektiver Verhältnisse und der Ausgestaltung von Gemeinschaft
In Christoph Horn, Margit Ruffing & Rainer Schäfer (eds.), Kant’s Project of Enlightenment: Proceedings of the 14th International Kant Congress/Kants Projekt der Aufklärung: Kongressakten des 14. Internationalen Kant-Kongresses, De Gruyter. forthcoming.

This paper sketches Kant’s conception of intersubjective relations across epistemology, morality, and law. Drawing on the three Critiques, it argues that the identification of other rational beings remains epistemically uncertain but could be supported by certain empirical indicators and an argument of analogy. In practical philosophy, this issue becomes crucial, since moral value and personality apply only to rational subjects. Through the Formula of Humanity and the Kingdom of Ends and their r…Read more
This paper sketches Kant’s conception of intersubjective relations across epistemology, morality, and law. Drawing on the three Critiques, it argues that the identification of other rational beings remains epistemically uncertain but could be supported by certain empirical indicators and an argument of analogy. In practical philosophy, this issue becomes crucial, since moral value and personality apply only to rational subjects. Through the Formula of Humanity and the Kingdom of Ends and their respective intersubjective elements, Kant develops a moral universalism that finds institutional expression in his legal philosophy. The result is a conceptual foundation for intersubjective recognition and the idea of community, though one that requires further systematic analysis within Kant’s work.

Social and Political Philosophy