Kant's moral religion
Wood, Allen W.
Kant's moral religion [by] Allen W. Wood. - Ithaca, Cornell University Press [1970] - xii, 283 p. 22 cm.
Bibliography: p. [273]-279.
Kant's moral arguments -- Finite rational volition -- The highest good -- The practical postulates -- Moral faith and rational religion -- Radical evil and divine grace.
Kant's philosophical thought about religious faith has frequently been treated as a weak point in his philosophy. Even Kant's more ardent admirers have often felt it necessary to to reject and to apologize for his "moral arguments" in favor of belief in God and immortality, to admit that these arguments are beneath the high standards of the critical philosophy, and even to claim that they are incompatible with the fundamental principles of Kant's philosophy itself. The present study was undertaken in the conviction that this common estimate of Kant's doctrine of moral faith is altogether wrong. I have attempted to show not only that Kant's doctrine of moral faith is consistent with his best critical thinking, but also that a full understanding of this doctrine is necessary for any genuine appreciation of the outlook of the critical philosophy as a whole.
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Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 --Ethics.
Religion--Philosophy.
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Kant's moral religion [by] Allen W. Wood. - Ithaca, Cornell University Press [1970] - xii, 283 p. 22 cm.
Bibliography: p. [273]-279.
Kant's moral arguments -- Finite rational volition -- The highest good -- The practical postulates -- Moral faith and rational religion -- Radical evil and divine grace.
Kant's philosophical thought about religious faith has frequently been treated as a weak point in his philosophy. Even Kant's more ardent admirers have often felt it necessary to to reject and to apologize for his "moral arguments" in favor of belief in God and immortality, to admit that these arguments are beneath the high standards of the critical philosophy, and even to claim that they are incompatible with the fundamental principles of Kant's philosophy itself. The present study was undertaken in the conviction that this common estimate of Kant's doctrine of moral faith is altogether wrong. I have attempted to show not only that Kant's doctrine of moral faith is consistent with his best critical thinking, but also that a full understanding of this doctrine is necessary for any genuine appreciation of the outlook of the critical philosophy as a whole.
0801405483 9780801405488
71099100
Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804 --Ethics.
Religion--Philosophy.
B2799.E8 / W6
ARCH YNDC 200.1 W873K