KELSEN ON KANT’S CONTRADICTION OF PURE AND PRACTICAL REASON

This paper points out inconsistencies in Kelsen’s theses on Kant. It argues that his hypothesis of a contradiction between pure and practical reason, as well as his claim of an ambiguity between ‘is’ and ‘ought,’ is untenable when Kant’s work is systematically analyzed. In this sense, the second chapter attempts to demonstrate a close connection between the pure and practical reason in Kant’s works. Finally, the paper concludes that even with such a problematic interpretation, Kelsen’s Pure Theory of Right remains relevant, provided that one abandons the idea of the author as a Kantian or neo-Kantian philosopher due to his inadequate comprehension of Kant’s philosophy.