PSCI 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Total War, Making Money, Anachronism
14 Apr 2016
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Lecture 7 kant"s moral/rational progress (part 1) Kant in protestant germany; saw the french revolution and the napoleonic. Wars; he had both caution and optimism regarding course of european. The enlightenment philosopher he was a professional scholar with a comfortable university career; taught and lectured; wrote extensively on a variety of subjects; science, metaphysics, philosophy, law, art; etc. Wanted to secure human dignity and freedom in face of newton"s new laws of nature; morally rejected mechanical and determinist causal explanations for human existence/experience. Kept his firm christian faith in man"s unique place in creation, but moved replaced god with reason & morality; modern secular humanism. Rousseau"s accidental history and the challenge of newton"s laws of nature. Awoke him as if from a great slumber ; traditional morality and modern empiricism were no longer sufficient; new foundations for man. Enlightenment man must emancipate himself from the tutelege of god and.
