This short article aims to reflect on the problem of "distance" in conceiving moral and legal obligations. Moving from the debate between the Scottish moralists Hutcheson, Hume, and Smith, on the one side, and Immanuel Kant on the other, I will try to draw some implications from the interaction of sense/sentiment and the moral law. In the conclusion, I will contend that a universalistic approach to the theme of moral and legal obligation is not, to closer inspection, incompatibile with the variety of circumstances one might encounter, if we assume that its meaning lies in the commitment demanded by the categorical imperative.

Obbligazione, distanza e sentimento. Kant e i suoi avversari scozzesi

Pier Giuseppe Puggioni
2022-01-01

Abstract

This short article aims to reflect on the problem of "distance" in conceiving moral and legal obligations. Moving from the debate between the Scottish moralists Hutcheson, Hume, and Smith, on the one side, and Immanuel Kant on the other, I will try to draw some implications from the interaction of sense/sentiment and the moral law. In the conclusion, I will contend that a universalistic approach to the theme of moral and legal obligation is not, to closer inspection, incompatibile with the variety of circumstances one might encounter, if we assume that its meaning lies in the commitment demanded by the categorical imperative.
2022
Puggioni, PIER GIUSEPPE
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