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Kant, Schiller, and the idea of a moral self
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posted on 2023-06-07, 07:14 authored by Katerina DeligiorgiThe paper examines Schiller's argument concerning the subjective experience of adopting a morality based on Kantian principles. On Schiller’s view, such experience must be marked by a continuous struggle to suppress nature, because the moral law is a purely rational and categorically commanding law that addresses beings who are natural as well as rational. Essential for Schiller’s conclusion is the account he has of what it takes to follow the law, that is, the mental states and functions that encapsulate the idea of moral self contained in Kant’s ethics. Focusing on the fundamental psychological elements and processes to which Kant’s theory appeals and on which it depends to have application, the paper defends an alternative idea of moral self to the one Schiller attributes to Kant.
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Kant-StudienISSN
0022-8877Publisher
de GruyterExternal DOI
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2Volume
111Page range
303-322Department affiliated with
- Philosophy Publications
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2020-06-11First Open Access (FOA) Date
2021-06-05First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2020-06-17Usage metrics
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