Moral, Religion, and Politics in I. Kant

At the end of the Critique of Judgment, Kant addresses the problem of the proofs of the existence of God and carries out a detailed examination of the only proof he considers capable of eliciting assent: the moral proof. The article reviews the path followed by Kant in order to reach the idea of a m...

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Published in:Ideas y valores 2012-04, Vol.61 (148), p.131-144
Main Author: Eduardo Molina
Format: Article
Language:eng ; spa
Subjects:
God
I. Kant
Moral
Theology
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Summary:At the end of the Critique of Judgment, Kant addresses the problem of the proofs of the existence of God and carries out a detailed examination of the only proof he considers capable of eliciting assent: the moral proof. The article reviews the path followed by Kant in order to reach the idea of a moral author of the world on the basis of his analysis of the purposiveness of nature, and shows how this argument is linked to Kant’s ethical-political doctrine as set forth in his other works.
ISSN:0120-0062