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EPISODE · Apr 12, 2025 · 1H 59M

Kant's philosophy - The foundation of morality

from Kant's Philosophy · host The Voice of Reason

Today someone wanting to study philosophy is usually presented with an aggregate of alleged types of morality randomly thrown together, sometimes several variations of the same morality being treated as if they were different in principle, while at the same time possible and already proposed systems of morality sometimes get left out. Kant goes about this, as should always be done in science according to him, in an architectonic manner and therefore establishes two possible sources of morality: experience and thinking. And as always in the conflict between empiricism and rationalism he in the end is on the latter's side - mere experience can not give us a Shall, this has to be deduced from reason - but he doesn't propose a dogmatic-objective but rather a critical-subjective rationalism: Our reason doesn't find a morality that exists independently of it, rather through our reason we give ourselves a moral law.Quote: 0:08Kant's moral philosophy often faces misunderstandings: 1:31Kant doesn't want to introduce a new principle of morality, but to bring to more clarity that principle which lies even in the unlearned people: 12:46What is morality about?: 43:47Today's common overviews of alleged principles of morality are only rhapsodic, not systematic: 1:04:18Morality has to be deduced in an empiricist or rationalist manner: 1:13:54- Moral empiricism: 1:15:25- Moral rationalism: 1:25:47All common explanations of morality commit a naturalistic fallacy: 1:39:36Kant's justification of morality through critical, subjective rationalism: 1:47:57Thanks: 1:59:12Kant discusses the possible principles of morality mainly in the main part on the principles of pure practical reason in the Critique of Practical Reason: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5683/5683-h/5683-h.htm.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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