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| Based on conditions of human freedom as opposed to determinism. People would be free under certain (Categorical Imperative) conditions. This is a picture not only of human conduct but of social relations. |
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| Kant on rights and duties |
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| A potentially infinite number described by the categorical imperative which specifies rights and duties. |
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| Kant on the role of the state |
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| The state is the expression of the freedom of its citizens. The state is the result of a free agreement. |
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| Philosophical basis of Kant's theory |
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| Based on his theory of human nature. Freedom and the conditions required to achieve it, i.e. the categorical imperative. |
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| There is no human nature. It changes depending on each historical era, determined by social relations which are determined by the productive forces of that era. |
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| Marx on rights and duties. |
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| There are no natural rights and duties, only historically specific ones. |
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| Marx on the role of the state. |
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| The state is part of the superstructure of law and politics. There is no natural role for the state. It changes but is always a superstructure. |
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| Philosophical basis of Marx's theory |
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| Historical materialism: a history of technical development that explains society as based on technical development. Social scientific history. |
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| Mills on human nature and social relations |
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| There is no objective human nature. Racial distinctions as part of human identity are ideological. These ideologies inform social relations as well. |
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| Mills on rights and duties. |
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| The purpose of the contract is to limit rights established by the social contract for certain people. |
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| Mills on the role of the state |
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| The state institutionalizes race relations through law and policy. |
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| The critique of ideologies. |
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