Kant’s coherent theory of the highest good
In the second Critique, Kant argues that for the highest good to be possible we need to postulate the existence of God and the immortality of the soul in a future world. In his other writings, however, he suggests that the highest good is attainable through mere human agency in this world. Based on...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 89, Issue: 3, Pages: 263-283 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804
/ Proof of God's existence
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism NBC Doctrine of God VA Philosophy |
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The moral world
B The highest good B Freedom B God B IMMORTALITY of the soul B Kant |
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| Summary: | In the second Critique, Kant argues that for the highest good to be possible we need to postulate the existence of God and the immortality of the soul in a future world. In his other writings, however, he suggests that the highest good is attainable through mere human agency in this world. Based on the apparent incoherence between these texts, Andrews Reath, among others, argues that Kant’s texts reveal two competing conceptions of the highest good, namely a secular and a theological conception. In this paper, I argue that Kant has a coherent conception of the highest good which applies to two different domains, namely the domain of the individual humans and the domain of the human species. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-020-09782-8 |