Gods Existence and the Kantian Formula of Humanity
Immanuel Kants categorical imperative can be expressed as the formula of humanity. This states that rational beings ought always to treat humanity, whether in our own persons or in others, as ends in themselves and never as mere means. In this essay, I argue that if God exists, then the Kantian for...
| Publié dans: | Sophia |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Springer Netherlands
[2017]
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Sophia
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion NBC Dieu NBE Anthropologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Ethics
B Formula of humanity B Categorical Imperative B God B Kant |
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| Résumé: | Immanuel Kants categorical imperative can be expressed as the formula of humanity. This states that rational beings ought always to treat humanity, whether in our own persons or in others, as ends in themselves and never as mere means. In this essay, I argue that if God exists, then the Kantian formula of humanity is false. The basic idea behind my argument is that if God exists, then he has knowingly created a world with all kinds of naturally occurring threats, such as disease, flood, drought, etc. and he has knowingly placed human beings in such a world without their consent, knowing that many innocent human beings will be led to suffer, and he allows this suffering to occur. I argue that even if this is somehow for their own good or the good of others or contributes to the goodness of the world as a whole, God treats these innocent human beings as mere means when he places humans in such a world without their consent and allows this suffering to occur. |
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| ISSN: | 1873-930X |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Sophia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11841-016-0511-7 |