The Idea of Humanity: Anthropology and Anthroponomy in Kant's EthicsExamining the significance of Kant's account of rational faith, this study argues that he profoundly revises his account of the human will and the moral philosophy of it in his later religious writings.First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. |
Contents
X | 5 |
PREFACE | 5 |
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
MORALITY AND ITS CIRCLE | 21 |
The Preparatory Argument | 23 |
The Circle | 31 |
The Two Standpoints and the Intelligible World | 40 |
The Ratio Cognescendi of Freedom | 50 |
The Attitude of Faith | 161 |
Trusting God | 163 |
The Ubiquity of Faith | 169 |
The Perils of Faith | 176 |
Showing and Saying | 179 |
A PROPENSITY TO EVIL | 181 |
Can Kant make sense of immoral action? | 182 |
Beyond Reason and Inclination | 186 |
The Facts Content | 52 |
A Fact of Rational Intuition? | 55 |
A Deduction for Morality? | 56 |
Moralitys Credentials | 60 |
COMPREHENDING INCOMPREHENSIBILITY | 71 |
The Constitutive Role of Pure Practical Reason | 75 |
The Categories of Freedom | 79 |
The Priority of Law | 87 |
Practical Apperception | 88 |
Transcendental Endorsement | 102 |
The Credential Revisited | 106 |
Facts and Deductions | 108 |
A Disquieting Note | 109 |
Comprehending the Incomprehensible | 112 |
A PROMISE OF HAPPINESS | 115 |
The Hope of the Canon | 117 |
Punishment and Authority | 125 |
The Second Critique and the | 127 |
The Highest Good as an End of Reason | 133 |
Korsgaards Reconstruction | 141 |
The Absurdum Practicum as Psychological Tension | 144 |
Quieting Indignation | 149 |
Faiths Credential | 157 |
Wille and Willkür | 187 |
Fragility and Passion | 193 |
The Illusion of a Problem | 205 |
A New Antinomy | 210 |
Infinite Striving Infinite Resignation | 211 |
The Kantian Illusion | 212 |
Impurity | 214 |
Wickedness | 216 |
Propensity and Predisposition | 223 |
RADICAL EVIL AND THE IDEA OF HUMAN NATURE | 229 |
The Predisposition to Humanity | 232 |
The Predisposition to Personality | 234 |
The Vices | 244 |
Character and Mania in the Anthropology | 250 |
The Root of All Evil | 256 |
The Religion and Emile | 268 |
ATONEMENT AND AUTONOMY | 279 |
The Paradox of Atonement | 293 |
The Postulates Revisited | 307 |
From Faith to Duty | 320 |
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The Idea of Humanity: Anthropology and Anthroponomy in Kant's Ethics David G Sussman Limited preview - 2001 |
The Idea of Humanity: Anthropology and Anthroponomy in Kant's Ethics David G. Sussman No preview available - 2015 |
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