Kant's will at the crossroads: an essay on the failings of practical rationality
"What happens when human beings fail to do as reason bids? This book is an attempt to address this age-old question within Kant's mature practical philosophy, i.e. the practical philosophy that emerged with the watershed discovery of autonomy in the mid-1780s. As always, Kant is good for a...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "What happens when human beings fail to do as reason bids? This book is an attempt to address this age-old question within Kant's mature practical philosophy, i.e. the practical philosophy that emerged with the watershed discovery of autonomy in the mid-1780s. As always, Kant is good for a surprise. There is, it is argued, not one answer but two: He advocates Socratic intellectualism in the realm of prudence whilst defending an anti-intellectualist or volitional account of immoral action.This 'hybrid' theory of practical failure is more than a philosophical curiosity. There are ramifications for Kant's theory of practical reason as a whole. In particular, the hybrid account emphasizes the divide between pure and empirical practical rationality to the extent that the latter, while containing practically relevant propositions, no longer counts a branch of practical reason at all. Hypothetical and categorical imperatives exemplify two entirely distinct kinds of normativity. In fact, the dichotomy between pure and empirical determining grounds of the will goes hand in hand with many other dualisms and dichotomies that, whether we like them or not, continue to define Kant's mature ethical thought |
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Table of Contents Preface A Note on Texts and Translations Abbreviations Used for Kant’s Works, Handwritten Notes, and Lectures 1. Introduction r 1. Two models of practical failure ψ 2. Kant’s gallows cases If 3. Sources of practical interest If 4. A hybrid theory? 2. Happiness ψ 5. The nature of human happiness ļf 6. State vs conception: Happiness as an ideal ψ 7. The problem of rmcertainty ψ 8. The ‘nominal’ or ‘titular’ desire to be happy ļf 9. The stochastic nature of prudence: Setting felicific ends If 10. Kant’s rejection of qualitative distinctions: The gold analogy 3. The Law and the Good If 5f If If ļ ļf If 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Pistorius’challenge The ‘paradox of method’ The meaning of‘good’ and ‘evil’ The object of the will Kant’s reductio: Setting the stage Kant’s reductio: The argument against hedonism Kant’s reductio: The argument againstinstrumentalism 4. Instrumental Imperatives If 18. Instrumental reason as the servant of inclination 51 19. The plurality of hypothetical imperatives 5f 20. Is ‘true’ means-ends irrationality possible? If 21. If 22. 5f 23. 51 24. 5f 25. Practical analyticity: Covert containment andexplication Practical analyticity: Identity and non-contradiction The limitations of instrumental reason Scepticism about practical reason(s) Instrumental reason as the servant of morality ix xiii xv 1 1 3 5 6 10 10 15 17 21 23 25 30 30 32 33 35 36 40 41 46 46 51 56 59 64 66 67 71
viii TABLE OF CONTENTS 5. The Emergence of Practical Reason Ц 26. The original practical assignment of reason ļf 27. From prudential deliberation to moral choice If 28. Two ‘perfectly legal constitutional transitions’ If 29. The necessities of happiness and duty If 30. The will on its way to the crossroads 75 6. Incentives, Maxims, and Freedom 91 91 If 31. If 32. If 33. ļf 34. V 35. 75 80 84 86 88 Intellectualist interpretations The ‘incorporation thesis’ Freedom, sensibility, and the contribution of reason Non-prudential intellectualism rejected Legislation and choice: Wille and Willkür 7. Two Types of Practical Failure ļf 36. Prudential failure ļf 37. Moral failure ļf 38. Do we ever choose the lesser good? If 39. The guise of the good 94 99 102 106 109 109 116 121 124 8. Conclusions and Implications U 40. Silencing as non-enabling: Kant’s ‘dualistic monism’ of If 41. ļ 42. If 43. ψ 44. practical reason Trading happiness for hope Moral progress and human frailty The language of ‘reasons’ A new constitutivism? 130 130 134 137 143 146 Kant’s Practical Dualisms: A Fifteen-point Summary 153 Bibliography Index 161 167 |
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Table of Contents Preface A Note on Texts and Translations Abbreviations Used for Kant’s Works, Handwritten Notes, and Lectures 1. Introduction r 1. Two models of practical failure ψ 2. Kant’s gallows cases If 3. Sources of practical interest If 4. A hybrid theory? 2. Happiness ψ 5. The nature of human happiness ļf 6. State vs conception: Happiness as an ideal ψ 7. The problem of rmcertainty ψ 8. The ‘nominal’ or ‘titular’ desire to be happy ļf 9. The stochastic nature of prudence: Setting felicific ends If 10. Kant’s rejection of qualitative distinctions: The gold analogy 3. The Law and the Good If 5f If If ļ ļf If 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Pistorius’challenge The ‘paradox of method’ The meaning of‘good’ and ‘evil’ The object of the will Kant’s reductio: Setting the stage Kant’s reductio: The argument against hedonism Kant’s reductio: The argument againstinstrumentalism 4. Instrumental Imperatives If 18. Instrumental reason as the servant of inclination 51 19. The plurality of hypothetical imperatives 5f 20. Is ‘true’ means-ends irrationality possible? If 21. If 22. 5f 23. 51 24. 5f 25. Practical analyticity: Covert containment andexplication Practical analyticity: Identity and non-contradiction The limitations of instrumental reason Scepticism about practical reason(s) Instrumental reason as the servant of morality ix xiii xv 1 1 3 5 6 10 10 15 17 21 23 25 30 30 32 33 35 36 40 41 46 46 51 56 59 64 66 67 71
viii TABLE OF CONTENTS 5. The Emergence of Practical Reason Ц 26. The original practical assignment of reason ļf 27. From prudential deliberation to moral choice If 28. Two ‘perfectly legal constitutional transitions’ If 29. The necessities of happiness and duty If 30. The will on its way to the crossroads 75 6. Incentives, Maxims, and Freedom 91 91 If 31. If 32. If 33. ļf 34. V 35. 75 80 84 86 88 Intellectualist interpretations The ‘incorporation thesis’ Freedom, sensibility, and the contribution of reason Non-prudential intellectualism rejected Legislation and choice: Wille and Willkür 7. Two Types of Practical Failure ļf 36. Prudential failure ļf 37. Moral failure ļf 38. Do we ever choose the lesser good? If 39. The guise of the good 94 99 102 106 109 109 116 121 124 8. Conclusions and Implications U 40. Silencing as non-enabling: Kant’s ‘dualistic monism’ of If 41. ļ 42. If 43. ψ 44. practical reason Trading happiness for hope Moral progress and human frailty The language of ‘reasons’ A new constitutivism? 130 130 134 137 143 146 Kant’s Practical Dualisms: A Fifteen-point Summary 153 Bibliography Index 161 167 |
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