Kant’s Moral Philosophy: An Unorthodox Attempt at an Interpretive Radical Reconstruction: An Inner and Inverted Reformulation of the Categorical Imperative, the Right to Lie against Evil, and the Moral Right to Revolution

Jose Mario De Vega

doi:10.57106/scientia.v14i2.80

Authors

Jose Mario De Vega https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0038-7922

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.57106/scientia.v14i2.80

Keywords:

Categorical Imperative, Freedom, Ethical Responsibility, Revolutionary Action, Humanity

Abstract

This work is an audacious project and pioneering work that attempted a radical reconstruction of Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative by subverting or reversing the traditional order of the said formulations to make it more practical and conducive to the demands of the contemporary times. This paper will also discuss the twin controversial issues in Kant’s moral and political philosophy, namely the right to lie and the right to revolution by the people. This paper will argue that Kant is a revolutionary albeit a reluctant one, but revolutionary still, nonetheless.

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