Kant's early critics maintained that his theory of freedom faces a dilemma: either it reduces the will's activity to strict necessity by making it subject to the causality of the moral law, or it reduces the will's activity to blind chance by liberating it from rules of any kind. This...

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1. Verfasser:	Ware, Owen 1981- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:	Elements in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant
Schlagworte:	Kant, Immanuel / 1724-1804 Kant, Immanuel > 1724-1804 Free will and determinism Liberty / Philosophy Law / Philosophy Apathy / Philosophy Freiheit Willensfreiheit
Online-Zugang:	DE-12 DE-473 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	Kant's early critics maintained that his theory of freedom faces a dilemma: either it reduces the will's activity to strict necessity by making it subject to the causality of the moral law, or it reduces the will's activity to blind chance by liberating it from rules of any kind. This Element offers a new interpretation of Kant's theory against the backdrop of this controversy. It argues that Kant was a consistent proponent of the claim that the moral law is the causal law of a free will, and that the supposed ability of free will to choose indifferently between options is an empty concept. Freedom, for Kant, is a power to initiate action from oneself, and the only way to exercise this power is through the law of one's own will, the moral law. Immoral action is not thereby rendered impossible, but it also does not express a genuine ability
Beschreibung:	Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:	1 Online-Ressource (54 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781009070652
DOI:	10.1017/9781009070652