Critique of Practical Reason

every act were to become a universal law.” Immanuel Kant is a German philosopher. Kant was known as the most influential thinker of Enlightenment era. Kant is one of the greatest western philosophers of all time. Immanuel Kant was most known for his Critique of Pure Reasoning work. Kant is also known for his work on epistemology, which is the theory of knowledge. Kant even did work on aesthetics and ethics, these had influenced many philosophers and contemporary philosophers. Immanuel Kant was…

In the Critique of Judgment, Immanuel Kant debunks the idea that beauty is an objective property. To achieve this, he distinguishes between the pleasure on the soul that agreement, goodness, and beauty evoke. In Kant’s views, by claiming something is beautiful, you are not stating a property of the objective but more so the subjective, what the subject feels about the object. Unlike Hume and Burke of the empiricists, who have an experience of liking when they express something as beautiful, Kant…

On Happiness I: Kant’s view of the Concept (or Idea) of Happiness In this section, through an analysis of Kant’s Groundwork, Critique of Practical Reason, and The Metaphysics of Morals, I will demonstrate: (1) The elements of happiness and what happiness is about; (2) The concept of happiness is different for different humans; (3) The principle of happiness is the same for different humans; and (4) Why having the same content and principle of happiness for all humans is not a principle of the…

and Legal Theory. A five-volume edition of The Collected Essays of John Finnis was published by Oxford University Press in March 2011. FIRST PRINCIPLE OF PRACTICAL REASON (FPPR) FPPR states that “Good is to be done and pursued and evil is to be avoided” . The basic requirement of practical reasonableness is referred to as basic practical principles. These principles show why, as well as the ways in which there are things that are morally ought (not) to be done . Finnis describes…

Kant on Food, Physical Satisfaction or Humanity Choice? Yuhang Guo 121684092@qq.com Munster University In western philosophy history, Kant’s topic on food was not enormous and indeed not a central issue in Kant scholarship, but it has its attention within the "duties to oneself". However, this has been traditionally overlooked and this lack of comprehension have been redressed, but again and again the disdain for food that had accompanied western thought from the outset won out. It was…

“Two Treatises of Government” An essay Merhawi Bitsuamlak Inez van Soolingen Group number: 11 Words: 2103 Introduction John Locke, in his “Two Treatises of Government” defines political power as the right to make laws for the protection and regulation of property. In his view, these laws only work because the people accept them and because they are for the public good. He claims that all men are originally in a state of nature, which means that a man in this original state is bound by the…

to several sick people, even if doing so would save lives. To explain better the concept of freedom under Kantian rule, I must describe the categorical imperative as well. First and foremost, an imperative is the formula of of the command of practical reason and it is expressed in two ways: hypothetically or categorically. A hypothetical imperative is the…

church, has been impacted by this Enlightenment philosophy along with the Protestant Reformation. Learning about Kant's philosophical ideas was certainly an intriguing experience. In his first work, the Critique of Pure Reason, Kant wrestles with the idea of God being knowledgeable by the pure reason. He argues that because the religious doctrines and beliefs are categories in our minds, the knowledge of God and spiritual world is impossible in principle (since it cannot be done by human…

The antinomies of pure reason are among the most important sections in Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, and transcendental philosophy in general. Among the antinomies, none were more well-recognized or well known than the third antinomy, which concerns the nature of freedom and determinism. This antinomy went on to pave the way for the rest of German Idealism, along with signaling a general shift in metaphysics that Kant himself would be engaged with for the rest of his life. As an indication of…

theorist Michael Oakeshott has had a profound influence on political discussion, especially in his critique of rational thought. In his essay, “Rationalism In Politics and Other Essays,” Oakeshott takes a particular look at a purely rationalist political thinker, arguing that practical knowledge must not be entirely pushed aside by those in favor of technical knowledge in politics. In the critique, Oakeshott also jabs at another prominent political philosopher, Friedrich Hayek. Hayek’s works are…