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Kant's philosophy - Is Kant's morality too strict and unrealistic?
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Kant is often attacked for his moral rigorism. His morality, you often hear, is too strict, it leaves too little freedom, no human being can be good enough for this moralty and it isn't fit for practice. Those accusations ar eoften dishonest however, the critics of Kant may pretend to not be able to follow his morality, the truth however is that they simply don't want to follow it. His morality seems to strict to them because it doesn't let them stay immoral.Quote: 0:08In morality there are only the positions of latitudinarism and rigorism: 0:50Kant's moral rigorism is often criticized: 8:57One should overcome the instinctive and timely aversion to rigorism and consider the arguments in support of it: 21:52One should reflect critically what issue one really takes with rigorism: 31:15The critics of Kant's morality simply don't want to be moral but only do whatever benefits them: 43:11The aufkläred thinking of the philosopher abstracts vom the sensual and contingent and grasps the law behind it: 1:21:02Every person has to either live according to the maxim that the right must be sacrificed for the world or that the world must be sacrificed for the right: 1:26:12Rigorism makes righteousness humble and prevents self-rightesousness: 1:32:30One ought not to declare the good to be impossible on the grounds of an experience which only exists because one has done evil: 1:44:42Experience should not distort the metaphysics of morals, but it is important for moral anthropology: 2:18:22Ideas ought to be practical and whoever drains them of their power through sophistry is responsible for the evil in the world: 2:22:53Thanks: 2:31:45On rigorism and latitudinarism Kant talks several times in his lectures on moral philosophy: https://www.archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes271imma | https://archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes272imma | https://archive.org/details/kantsgesammeltes0027kant_s1s1/mode/2up (I am not aware of any English translations). He also deals with the criticism of rigorism in On the common saying: That may be correct in theory, but it is of no use in practice: https://hesperusisbosphorus.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/theory-and-practice.pdfWhoever 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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