The Proper Telos of Life

In this paper I set the debate between Kant and Schiller in terms of the role that an ideal of life can play within an autonomist ethic. I begin by examining the critical role Schiller gives to emotions in tackling specific motivational concerns in Kant's ethics. In the Kantian response I offer to these criticisms, I emphasise the role of metaphysics for a proper understanding of Kant's position whilst allowing that with respect to moral psychology, Kant and Schiller are in agreement about the importance of emotions in our moral lives. I conclude by returning to the themes broached in the introduction to consider the extent to which the teleological concerns that motivate Schiller can be addressed within Kant's autonomist ethics

Autonomy · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ideal (ethics · Metaphysics · Teleology · Telos · Kantian Philosophy and Modern Interpretations · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · War, Ethics, and Justification · Law · Philosophy

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