RILLA, JERÓNIMO. SAFE OR HAPPY? THE PURPOSE OF THE LEVIATHAN SEEN THROUGH KANT'S OBJECTIONS. []. , 67, 168, pp.59-80. ISSN 0120-0062.  https://doi.org/10.15446/ideasyvalores.v67n168.57021.

The article addresses Hobbes' political project in the light of Kant's critique as set forth in Theory and Praxis. Specifically, it carries out a detailed discussion of the objection to despotic government, in which the sovereign establishes the happiness of the people as the main objective of the State and, consequently, ends up involuntarily fostering rebellion. In this respect, the article argues that Hobbes' formulation in Leviathan manages to circumvent Kant's reproaches precisely because its peculiar notion of happiness prevents it from being construed as the objective of political society. Likewise, we argue that there is a significant modification of terminology with respect to De Cive, which leads us to consider the possibility that Hobbes may have anticipated the objections discussed.

: T. Hobbes; I. Kant; despotism; happiness; teleology.

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