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From Self Legislation to Self-Obligation in Kantʹs Moral Philosophy

In this article, I have tried to consider and criticize the most important principle of Kantʹs ethical theory. According to his theory of ethics, man as a moral agent, is autonomous, that is to say, his reason is self-legislative. This means that man is under no obligation to obey the laws of another, not even the laws of God. For him, Manʹs own conscience is the highest moral tribunal. My contention in this paper is that, in spite of this, in some of his writings we can find some remarks inconsistant with what he officially adheres to. I will show that in his ethical theory Kant has, in fact, moved from his early view of self-legislation into a more common view of self-obligation.