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Pessimism in Kant's Ethics and Rational Religion
Engelsk Hardback
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Pessimism in Kant's Ethics and Rational Religion
Engelsk Hardback

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The historical period of the Enlightenment is usually thought of as the high point of philosophical optimism. By breaking the chains of traditional heteronomous morality, the tutelage of dogmatic religion and the oppression of authoritarian politics, the Enlightenment created the space for a new, self-critical and autonomous frame of reference for human effort. Immanuel Kant is undoubtedly the greatest philosopher in the German Enlightenment. And Kant was a pessimist? In this book, the author explores Kant’s moral and religious philosophy and shows that a pessimistic undercurrent pervades these. This provides a new vantage point not only to assess comprehensively Kantian philosophy but also to provide much needed context and reading assistance to the general premises of Kant’s philosophy of autonomy and rationality. For Kant, to be autonomous and rational is not something human nature naturally pursues; instead, reason but must reframe, rethink and reshape human nature. Human nature is a problem, autonomy and rationality are the solution. Kant’s subsequent attempts to establish a rational religion can be explained in extension of this problem. Since human beings are not naturally prone to act autonomously, they have to be educated through historical institutions that are reformed appropriately so as to provide the incentives for human beings to become autonomous. This is where Kant believed religion could play an important pedagogical function.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
246
ISBN-13:
9781498580397
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1498580394
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
5 nov 2018
Længde:
24mm
Bredde:
164mm
Højde:
231mm
Forlag:
Lexington Books
Oplagsdato:
5 nov 2018
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge