Kant’s philosophy presents two state ideals: on one hand the republic as the ideal state, and, on the other hand, the kingdom of ends as an absolute ethic ideal. Many questions arise from the twofold goal of social progress formulated this way: which of those ideals is the indicator of development and which of them should constitute its end? What is the point of indicating such ideas and how should they be carried out, if they should be carried out at all? If one considers Kant’s idea impossible to come true, is his vision of social development Utopian? And what would happen if one of his goals comes true?
An answer to this and other tormenting questions can be found in the concept of provisionality and the scheme of aiming at ideal included in its formula. Such a concept, arising directly from Kant’s philosophy, can be the solution to the paradox of Kant’s realistic and idealistic political concept and a standardizing solution, similar to the “teleological bridge”. According to the provisional scheme, the essence of political change is the realization of partial goals, which can be reached, but are aiming at the ideal, which is not a goal in the sense of a final end, but a factor setting out the direction of the realized transformation.
