In Kant’s philosophy of law (Rechtslehre, 1797) there is an important and authentic “formalist” strand which holds that “any action is right if it can co-exist with everyone’s freedom in accordance with a universal law, or if on its maxim the freedom of choice of each can co-exist with everyone’s freedom in accordance with a universal law” (Kant 1996, 387).
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Riley, P. (2009). The Legal Philosophy of Kant. In: Pattaro, E., Canale, D., Grossi, P., Hofmann, H., Riley, P. (eds) A Treatise of Legal Philosophy and General Jurisprudence. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2964-5_20
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