THE COMMUNITY WITHIN US: ABOUT THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN WILLE AND WILLKÜR

Abstract

Starting with an analysis of the concepts of Wille and Willkür, the essay distinguishes different meanings attributed
to the freedom of the will (§ 1). Secondly, it distinguishes a positive from a negative dimension of that freedom, referred both to as Wille and Willkür (§ 2). Finally, the development of this aspect leads to a rethinking of the internal dynamics of the entire faculty of the will from a communitarian perspective (§ 3), by redefining as an a priori figure the relationship between singular subject and multiplicity of subjects, which Kant considered to operate already in the inner forum of every single being capable of reason.