The Force and the Place of Provisional Property in Kant’s Doctrine of Right

This paper describes the normative profile of Kant’s ‘provisional property’ in the Doctrine of Right, by highlighting the contrast between a claim that merits the designation of ‘provisional property’ and a mere ‘pretended claim’. In contrast to a pretended claim, a claim of provisional property is duty-implying; moreover, the legitimating conditions of provisional property give it a robust justification, such that its duty-implying force does not rely on a wrong-tolerating permission. I will also argue that the proposed reconstruction does not harm Kant’s argument leading to the normative necessity of civil states.