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Like Kantian ethics, discourse ethics is a cognitive ethical theory, in that it supposes that truth and falsity can be attributed to ethical propositions. It also formulates a rule by which ethical actions can be determined and proposes that ethical actions should be universalizable, in a similar way to Kant's ethics.
According to Schopenhauer's essay, Kant's three main merits are as follows: The distinction of the phenomenon from the thing-in-itself (Ding an sich) The intellect mediates between things and knowledge; Locke's primary qualities result from the mind's activity, just as his secondary qualities result from receptivity at any of the five senses
Kant's ethics are founded on his view of rationality as the ultimate good and his belief that all people are fundamentally rational beings. This led to the most important part of Kant's ethics, the formulation of the categorical imperative , which is the criterion for whether a maxim is good or bad.
Images of Kant and Constant. "On a Supposed Right to Tell Lies from Benevolent Motives" (sometimes translated On a Supposed Right to Lie because of Philanthropic Concerns) (German: Über ein vermeintes Recht aus Menschenliebe zu lügen) is a 1797 essay by the philosopher Immanuel Kant in which the author discusses radical honesty.
The Doctrine of Virtue develops Kant's ethical theory, which he had already laid the foundation in the Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (1785). Kant particularly emphasizes treating humanity as an end in itself. The duties are analytically treated by Kant, who distinguishes duties towards ourselves from duties towards others.
The so-called First Introduction was not published during Kant's lifetime, for Kant wrote a replacement for publication. The Critical project, that of exploring the limits and conditions of knowledge, had already produced the Critique of Pure Reason , in which Kant argued for a Transcendental Aesthetic , an approach to the problems of ...
Essays on Kant's Ethics and Political Philosophy (in Persian), Tehran: Naqde Farhang Publications, 2024 (2021). “Towards a Kantian Theory of Philosophical Education and Human Wisdom—with the help of Arendt,” Journal of the Philosophy of Education , special edition on Kant on Education and Improvement: Themes and Problems, eds. David ...
In Kant's philosophy, this calls for an act of faith, the faith free agent is based on something a priori, yet to be known, or immaterial. Otherwise, without free agent's a priori fundamental source, socially essential concepts created from human mind, such as justice, would be undermined (responsibility implies freedom of choice) and, in short ...