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Kant's philosophy - The faculty of desiring: The difference between will and choice

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Besides the faculty of cognition and the feeling of pleasure and displeasure the human mind also has a faculty of desiring according to Kant. And desiring is what practical philosophy deals with, be it the doctrine of happiness, dealing with that which we actually desire, or moral philosophy, dealing with that which we ought to desire. But in the faculty of desiring, Kant differentiates Choice, the faculty of choosing between various options, so to say the faculty of desiring of the sensual homo phaenomenon, and the Will, practical reason, the faculty of acting according to a principle and therefore in a purposive manner, so to say the faculty of desiring of the spiritual homo noumenon.Quote: 0:08The faculty of desiring: 2:04Choice and its driving springs: 27:08Will or practical reason: 52:13Effecting, acting and operating: 1:11:12Practical philosophy and Kant's project of a Critique of Practical Reason: 1:37:46Thanks: 1:41:33The faculty of desiring in general, the Choice and also the Will are explained amongst other places in the introduction to the Metaphysics of Morals: https://ld.circuitdebater.org/w/archive_files/%5BImmanuel_Kant%5D_Kant_The_Metaphysics_of_Morals.pdf/507955836/%5BImmanuel_Kant%5D_Kant_The_Metaphysics_of_Morals.pdf. Further important remarks are included in Kant's handwritten estate on moral philosophy: http://korpora.org/kant/aa19/ (I am not aware of any English translation).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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