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Abstract:
While Kant refutes the traditional proofs for the existence of God he uses the traditional monotheistic notion of God for his own moral teleological conception of rational religion. The essay discusses Kant’s implicit claim that the monotheistic notion of God is an integral part of (moral) rational religion. Against Kant’s strong approach the essay reveals monotheism as a mere possibility of representing the notion of God legitimately for rational religion – beside adjusted forms of nontheism and polytheism. Nonetheless, Kant’s arguments for a monotheistic representation seem to be appropriate from a pragmatic point of view.
Online erschienen: 2015-12-15
Erschienen im Druck: 2015-12-15
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