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Kants Philosophie - The importance of character and being principled

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It’s not a person’s mode of sense – his personality insofar as he was born with it, his nature and his heart – which has value but rather his mode of thinking – his personality insofar as he himself created it, his character. It is the consistent following of maxims: He who has character is reliable and in unity with himself. And only such a person is a true human being, deserving of the name of a rational being, instead of being a slave to his whims.Quote: 0:00Mode of sense and mode of thinking: 2:41Character: 18:32Only a person of character is free: 37:56Character bestows dignity and should be valued: 47:00A person of character isn’t pedantic because of it: 1:12:58Fake character: 1:22:02Evil character: 1:36:51The moral person acts out of duty which is not the same as blind obedience: 1:55:16The best have character and do their duty, the judgments of others don’t have to be heard: 2:09:07For moralisation you first should create a character as such: 2:19:54How to form a character: 2:34:23Kant’s midlife crisis and formation of his character: 2:46:23Thanks: 3:03:13About the mode of sense, about human's mind and heart Kant talks at various places in his handwritten estate on morality: http://korpora.org/kant/aa19/ as well as his lectures on moral philosophy: https://www.archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes271imma | https://archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes272imma | https://archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes0027kant_s1s1/mode/2up. Many further remarks can be found in his handwritten estate on anthropology: http://korpora.org/kant/aa15/ and his lectures on anthropology: https://archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes0000kant_a3n3 | https://archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes0000kant_j8c0 (I am not aware of English translations to any of thse) as well as his Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View: https://dokumen.pub/anthropology-from-a-pragmatic-point-of-view-0521671655-9780521671651.html.Whoever wants to support my aufkläring work can do so via:https://ko-fi.com/jonathanivoloewerhttps://www.patreon.com/jonathanivoloewerhttps://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=VDDT7T7XHR77UThumbnail: www.hotpot.ai

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