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    It is not the case that Kant's reception of Rousseau treats the general will as requiring autonomous moral reasoning, not merely formal procedural compliance.

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    • 1.Rousseau's general will is expressed through democratic voting procedures; Kant emphasizes individual rational duty independent of collective processes or outcomes.
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    • 2.Kant's autonomy requires individual capacity for moral reasoning; Rousseau's general will can override individual judgment when the majority determines the common good.
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    • 3.Kant's reception of Rousseau remains ambiguous in his texts; attributing a specific interpretive stance about reasoning vs. proceduralism exceeds textual evidence.
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    • 1.Kant's categorical imperative demands agents test maxims through reason, not just follow rules, aligning with Rousseau's general will as moral autonomy.
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    • 2.Kant explicitly praised Rousseau for grounding legitimacy in freedom, suggesting he saw the general will as requiring rational self-governance, not mere obedience.
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    • 3.For Kant, heteronomous law (imposed externally) cannot ground morality; the general will must involve each agent's autonomous reasoning to be genuinely binding.
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