@article{ref1,
title="Kant's model for building the true church: transcending "might makes right" and "should makes good" through the idea of a non-coercive theocracy",
journal="Diametros",
year="2017",
author="Palmquist, Stephen",
volume="",
number="54",
pages="76-94",
abstract="Kant's Religion postulates the idea of an ethical community as a necessary requirement for humanity to become good. Few interpreters acknowledge Kant's claims that realizing this idea requires building a &quot;church&quot; characterized by unity, integrity, freedom, and unchangeability, and that this new form of community is a non-coercive version of theocracy. Traditional (e.g., Jewish) theocracy replaces the political state of nature (&quot;might makes right&quot;) with an ethical state of nature (&quot;should makes good&quot;); non-coercive theocracy transcends this distinction, uniting humanity in a common vision of a divine legislator whose legislation is inward: the law of love binds church members together like families.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1733-5566",
doi="10.13153/diam.54.2017.1134",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.13153/diam.54.2017.1134"
}