Kant's thoughts concerning "the feeling of the beauty and dignity of human nature"

Philosophy and Culture 30 (7):141-157 (2003)
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In 1764 Kant published "beauty and lofty sense of observation" . This is an aesthetic theme of the article, some of which involve ethical issues. In his "confusion and sublime beauty of human nature sense" as "morality," the only object. Scholars interested in the cause, Kant's idea in the end who has been affected. As a general view of scholars, his concept of beauty is human nature have been suf Sibu Li the impact of the beauty of ethics, human dignity and a sense of the idea is to benefit from ideas inspired by Rousseau. Shi Muke iconoclastic, his beauty and dignity of the human sense of the concept be attributed to Ha Chol Johnson the ideological influence. This article lists a number of reasons, certainly Shi Muke insights. Concludes with a discussion of "the beauty and noble sense of humanity" as "morality," the only object in the development of Kant's ethics in the possession of the seat. In 1764, Kant published "Beobachtungen uber das Gefuhl des Schonen und Erhabenen," an article on aesthetics while referring to issues of ethics. In this paper, he takes the "beauty and dignity of human nature" as the only object of moral sense. What interests numerous scholars is where Kant's thoughts about beauty derive from. It is generally assumed that his idea about the beauty of human nature derives from Shaftesbury's ethics of beauty, and his idea about the dignity of human nature derives from Rousseau. But Josef Schmucker, unlike others, attributes Kant's conception about "beauty and dignity of human nature" to the influence of Francis Hutcheson. In this paper, a few reasons are provided to justify Schmucker's unique idea. Finally, the status of "beauty and dignity of human nature" in the development of Kant's ethics as the only object of moral sense is discussed

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