KANTIAN REPUBLICANISM

On the basis of the interpretations of Peter Niesen and Reinhard Brandt, this study contrasts Kantian and civic republicanism, in order to evaluate whether Kant's methodological amorality is sufficient to motivate a people of demons to establish and maintain a republican constitution. The best reasons seem to speak in favor of Kant, but his proposal requires a greater differentiation of the reasons why such a constitution should be accepted, as well as a greater precision regarding the conditions necessary to maintain it.