ABSTRACT
This chapter concentrates wholly on Kant endeavour to assimilate and reformulate the idea of natural right. This will be based on his thinking on the doctrine of right as expounded in the first part of Rechtslehre, which makes up the first section Metaphysik der Sitten. Kant introduces the idea together with the significance and function he gives it in the context of doctrine of right. The chapter ascertains some of the most important systematic assumptions which underlie Kant's thinking on the concept of natural right and the principle found in what he calls the 'Universal Law of Right', which is the specific juridical formulation of the Categorical Imperative. Finally, the chapter mentions some consequences on the aspect of reflexivity as found in the Kantian view and the role of the idea of rational nature. The reference to freedom as the only native right marks the starting point of the Kantian reception of the idea of natural right.
