Discussion on the Problem of Coercion: Gottlieb Hufeland and Immanuel Kant
... to the perfection (Vollkommenheit) of all intelligent creatures. This is premised on the legitimacy of coercion as a means to achieve that goal. This approach is developed against the background of the tradition represented by Gottfried Achenwall and Ernst Ferdinand Klein with whose works Hufeland was familiar and whose positions he either criticised and called into question or used to bolster his own arguments. Achenwall’s teaching has a theological basis while Klein’s position gravitates toward Kantianism. Kant ...
