This article discusses five attempts at justifying the provision of welfare on Kantian grounds. I argue that none of the five proposals is satisfactory. Each faces a serious challenge on textual or systematic grounds. The conclusion to draw from this is not that a Kantian cannot defend the provision of welfare. Rather, the conclusion to draw is that the task of defending the provision of welfare on Kantian grounds is a difficult one whose success we should not take for granted.

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康德论福利：五个不成功的防御

本文讨论了以康德的理由为提供福利辩护的五种尝试。我认为这五个提案中没有一个是令人满意的。每个人都面临着文本或系统方面的严峻挑战。由此得出的结论并不是康德主义者不能为福利的提供辩护。相反，要得出的结论是，根据康德的理由捍卫福利的提供是一项艰巨的任务，我们不应将其成功视为理所当然。