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Aspects and Implications of Kant’s Notion of Freedom

Emil Kušan ; Marina, Hrvatska

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This paper aims to critically examine and evaluate the whole of Kant’s philosophy from the perspective of the notion of freedom. Freedom, both in its negative and positive capacity, as well as in it’s purely practical sense, serves as a cornerstone of Kant’s philosophical enquiry and the one true medium of the mind both in the practical and theoretical sense. Along with the aforementioned negative-positive dichotomy, freedom can further be distinguished as being one with the concept of the autonomy of the mind. Through this connection, freedom becomes, as its ratio essendi, practically one with the moral law itself, the latter being a form of the former. From the idea of freedom, various implications emerge, which have been dealt with through the course of the essay. In this respect, particular attention is paid to Kant’s notion of will and some of the misunderstandings it managed to create among notable Kant scholars like L. W. Beck and N. Hartmann.

Ključne riječi

freedom; Kant; ethics; autonomy; moral law; practical reason; pure reason; good; evil; legality; morality; will; Lewis White Beck; Nicolai Hartmann

Hrčak ID:

84043

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/84043

Datum izdavanja:

24.4.2012.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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