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Full Idea
Kant follows Rousseau in defining freedom and morality essentially in terms of each other.
Gist of Idea
Kant follows Rousseau in defining freedom and morality in terms of each other
Source
comment on Immanuel Kant (Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals [1785]) by Charles Taylor - Sources of the Self §20.2
Book Ref
Taylor,Charles: 'Sources of the Self' [CUP 1992], p.363
A Reaction
An interesting comment on the modern tendency to overvalue freedom at the expense of the other civic virtues.