Some Considerations about the Role of "Private Right" of the Doctrine of Right in the Kantian Philosophy of the State

Abstract

The  purpose  of  this  paper  is to  examine  the  role  of  the  section  “Private  right”  of  Kant’s Doctrine of Right.  I propose that the analysis of “the external mine and thine”, which takes place in this section, has the function of proving that there is a kind of subjective right related to the possession of external objects of choice: the acquired rights. These rights, as well as the innate right, require for their effective exercise the foundation of a state legislated by the general will.