Abstract

ROLDAN, CONCHA. NEITHER VIRTUOUS NOR CITIZENS: PRACTICAL INCONSISTENCIES IN KANT'S THEORY. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2013, vol.62, suppl.1, pp.185-203. ISSN 0120-0062.

Orthodox Kantian circles tend to excuse the philosopher's inconsistencies by saying that he was a "child of his time". It is true that in his time women throughout Europe were excluded from active citizenship, depriving them of the right to be political and, consequently, ethical and even historical subjects. But it is also true that in that same period a movement was emerging in defense of gender equality (querelle des femmes), in which Kant regrettably did not participate. After a historical introduction that contrasts the critical Kant with his predecessors and contemporaries regarding the issue of women's equality, the article goes on to defend the thesis that true morality is unthinkable without an idea of genuine universality, that is, without gender equality, since only on that basis can individuality and autonomy be thought.

Keywords : I. Kant; T. von Hippel; autonomy; right to citizenship; gender equality.

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