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Enforceable duties: Cicero and Kant on the legal nature of political order

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2023
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Straumann, B. (2023). Enforceable duties: Cicero and Kant on the legal nature of political order. Jus Cogens, 5(2–3), 255–275. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42439-023-00082-z

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This article seeks to show the importance of Cicero for Kant by pointing out the systematic relationship between their respective views on ethics and law. Cicero was important to Kant because Cicero had already elaborated an imperative, “quasi-jural” conception of duty or obligation. Cicero had also already prefigured the distinction between ethical duties and duties of justice. The article does not establish any direct historical influence, but points out interesting systematic overlaps. The most important in the realm of ethics are

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5

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2-3

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255

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275

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Kant, Cicero, Justice, Natural Law, Eudaimonism, Deontological ethics

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English

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2023-11-01

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2023-10-26

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2524-3977

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Straumann, B. (2023). Enforceable duties: Cicero and Kant on the legal nature of political order. Jus Cogens, 5(2–3), 255–275. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42439-023-00082-z

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