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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Nature B. V
[2019]
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 85, Issue: 2, Pages: 235-253 |
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Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von 1775-1854, Philosophische Untersuchungen über das Wesen der menschlichen Freiheit und die damit zusammenhängenden Gegenstände
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/ Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804, Die Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der bloßen Vernunft
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism VA Philosophy |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1572-8684 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s11153-019-09701-6 |