Moral and Nonmoral Freedom in Kant

Southern Journal of Philosophy 45 (1):129-148 (2007)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Many scholars, in view of the close link that he draws between morality and freedom, argue that Kant does not think that there are free choices between nonmoral ends. On this view, Kant only posits a freedom to resist our desires and act morally. We are still responsible for immoral choices because we always have the power to act morally. Henry Allison has opposed this reading by arguing that Kant grounds a notion of nonmoral freedom in the Incorporation Thesis. In this paper, I criticize Allison's argument and then try to replace it with an alternative that grounds nonmoral freedom in morality.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 86,336

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

Moral and Nonmoral Freedom in Kant.Iain Morrisson - 2007 - Southern Journal of Philosophy 45 (1):129-148.
Freedom, frailty, and impurity.Marcia Baron - 1993 - Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 36 (4):431 – 441.
Are Moral Reasons Morally Overriding?Douglas W. Portmore - 2008 - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 11 (4):369-388.
Divine Command Theory and Moral Supervenience.Blake McAllister - 2016 - Philosophia Christi 18 (1):65-78.
Kant's Theory of Freedom.Henry E. Allison - 1990 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
Kant’s Deductions of Morality and Freedom.Owen Ware - 2017 - Canadian Journal of Philosophy 47 (1):116-147.
The Idea of Freedom and Moral Cognition in Groundwork III.Sergio Tenenbaum - 2012 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 84 (3):555-589.
Kant on Moral Freedom and Moral Slavery.David Forman - 2012 - Kantian Review 17 (1):1-32.

Analytics

Added to PP
2017-02-16

Downloads
10 (#985,105)

6 months
1 (#865,432)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

No citations found.

Add more citations