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Ideokratie oder die Geburt der Gewalt aus enttrivialisierter Moral
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Abstract "Based on Immanuel Kant's dictum by which he states that only goodwill can be considered unconditionally good, both within and without this world, this article seeks to explain how violence can evolve from goodwill. The world - enhancing potential, which is inherent to goodwill and - in an abstract ... view more
"Based on Immanuel Kant's dictum by which he states that only goodwill can be considered unconditionally good, both within and without this world, this article seeks to explain how violence can evolve from goodwill. The world - enhancing potential, which is inherent to goodwill and - in an abstract sense - to ideocracy, too, can be further increased by enlightenment. Therefore, one is to create the educational preconditions for improving the world by one's own means. This approach is followed by technocratic ideocracies. Furthermore, totalitarian ideocracies possess 'higher moralism', which calls for the unity of theory and practice." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
philosophy; Kant, I.; violence; morality; theory-practice; politics; legitimation; repression; comparison; historical analysis
Classification
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
General History
Method
historical
Document language
German
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 25-37
Journal
Totalitarismus und Demokratie, 9 (2012) 1
Issue topic
Ideokratien im Vergleich : Legitimation, Kooptation, Repression / Ideocracies in comparison : legitimation, cooptation, repression
ISSN
1612-9008
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications