A szubjektivitás fogalma más planéták lakóira való tekintettel – a kanti esztétika és etika nem antropológiai sajátosságairól
The Notion of Subjectivity in Relation to the Inhabitants of Other Planets – On the Non-Anthropological Characteristics of Kantian Aesthetics and Ethics

Summary/Abstract: Although Immanuel Kant’s critical thought was fundamentally influenced by his interest in anthropology, it would be a mistake to identify transcendental philosophy as a purely anthropocentric philosophy. It is no coincidence that he most often uses the term “finite rational being” instead of “man”. Kant’s oeuvre contains numerous references to possible extra-terrestrial life forms, most of which are intended to emphasize the universal, not specifically human, characteristics of reason or mind. In this paper, I argue that the generality of Kantian critical ethics and aesthetics extends to all finite rational beings.

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