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Pessimism in Kant's Ethics and Rational Religion (Hardcover)
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Pessimism in Kant's Ethics and Rational Religion (Hardcover)
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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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