Kant's Theory of Radical Evil and its Franciscan Forebears

This article argues that Kant’s famous theory of "radical evil", according to which there is a natural propensity for evil as well as good in all human beings, has precedent in the medieval Franciscan intellectual tradition. In the early thirteenth century, members of this tradition, inspi...

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Main Author: Schumacher, Lydia ca. 20./21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: De Gruyter 2023
In: Neue Zeitschrift für systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie
Year: 2023, Volume: 65, Issue: 2, Pages: 113-133
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804 / Franciscans / Scholasticism / Evil / Free will
IxTheo Classification:KAC Church history 500-1500; Middle Ages
KCA Monasticism; religious orders
NBE Anthropology
TJ Modern history
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Free Will
B Franciscans
B Evil
B Summa Halensis
B freier Wille
B Kant
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