Kant and Schelling on the ground of evil

Schelling's views of evil in Philosophical Inquiries into the Nature of Human Freedom is usually thought of as a radicalization of Kant's argument for the propensity to evil in human nature in Religion within the Bounds of Mere Reason. In this paper, I argue that (1) Kant does not provide...

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Published in:International journal for philosophy of religion
Main Author: Auweele, Dennis vanden 1986- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V [2019]
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von 1775-1854, Philosophische Untersuchungen über das Wesen der menschlichen Freiheit und die damit zusammenhängenden Gegenstände / Evil / Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804, Die Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der bloßen Vernunft
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
VA Philosophy
Further subjects:B Radical evil
B Ground of evil
B Conversion
B Kant
B Schelling
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Summary:Schelling's views of evil in Philosophical Inquiries into the Nature of Human Freedom is usually thought of as a radicalization of Kant's argument for the propensity to evil in human nature in Religion within the Bounds of Mere Reason. In this paper, I argue that (1) Kant does not provide a full transcendental deduction for the ground of evil in human nature because this would give a rational reason for there to be evil (i.e. evil would not be its own ground), (2) Schelling provides a theological-metaphysical reconstruction of Kant's argument by providing a non-rational ground (Unground) for evil and (3) the difference between Kant and Schelling lies in how they conceive of the actualization of the ground of evil-through intelligible deed or protohistorical choice-which has repercussions for how they think of conversion.
ISSN:1572-8684
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11153-019-09701-6