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Quotation from The Science of Right by Immanuel Kant
“all Right is accompanied with an implied Title or warrant to bring compulsion to bear on any one who may violate it in fact”
The Science of Right, Introduction to the Science of Right, § D, trans. W. Hastie (1887)
Because a wrong hinders freedom, coercion against it is a 'hindering of a hindrance' and so consistent with freedom; right and the authority to coerce are joined.
Citation: "all Right is accompanied with an implied Title or warrant to bring compulsion to bear on any one who may violate it in fact" — Immanuel Kant, The Science of Right, Introduction to the Science of Right, § D, trans. W. Hastie (1887). (id kant-science-of-right-q3)
