Legal Aspects of State Reform: Kantian Motives in the Philosophy of Sergey Hessen
... defines the stages in the development of liberalism and socialism in accordance with Hegel’s dialectical method. But while Hessen’s “rule-of-law socialism” combines liberal values, i.e. law and freedom, with the socialist values of welfare and equal opportunities, Kant’s political philosophy on the whole belongs to classical liberalism which emphasises law and freedom. But for Hessen Kant, as it were, stands aside from liberalism and is perceived first and foremost as a moral philosopher,...
