Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Creighton, Theresa A Author's Email Address tcreighton@student.gsu.edu URN etd-06112008-123804 Title FREEDOM AND THE IDEAL REPUBLICAN STATE: KANT, JEFFERSON, AND THE PLACE OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM IN THE REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTIONAL STATE Degree Master of Arts Department Philosophy Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Dr. Melissa M. Merritt Committee Chair Dr. Andrew J. Cohen Committee Member Dr. Sandra Dwyer Committee Member Keywords
- Enlightenment
- Thomas Jefferson
- Immanuel Kant
- Political Philosophy
- Metaphysical Freedom
- Freedom
- Right to Freedom
Date of Defense 2008-05-19 Availability unrestricted Abstract Of the questions concerning the many great minds of the European Enlightenment, the question of what constitutes right and proper government perhaps had the most enduring influence on the world stage. Both Thomas Jefferson and Immanuel Kant attempted to answer the question of what constitutes right government, in particular by basing the system upon the idea of human freedom as an inalienable right. This project is an attempt to compare the systems proposed by these two authors, as well as to critique each on its ability to protect and foster individual freedom. It is my opinion that neither manages to do what it is constructed to do, as each fails to fully protect individual freedom, and each has as part of it a component which conflicts with individual freedom.Files
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