PHIL-250 Lecture 12: kant preface
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Kant will acknowledge this later on; however also notes that we can have intertwined reasons. Ka(cid:374)t (cid:272)(cid:396)iti(cid:395)ued fo(cid:396) the (cid:396)ealisti(cid:272)(cid:374)ess of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)e: (cid:449)e ofte(cid:374) do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)hethe(cid:396) ou(cid:396) (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)es. Passionate love: root of the word is passive; kant defines love as passionate. It is something that happens to us, not something we choose. According to kant, the desires interfere with our freedom and morality. Kant believes actions which are rooted in nature (ie desire) are not morally praisable [like a mother bear protecting the cub is instinctive not morally praiseable] Contrasted with universal love: a love of others informed by reason; actions in reason are morally praisable because one is conscious of the choice. Passionate love and acts done out of this type of love are no better than acting rightly or morally by chance. [4]: for kant nothing empirical should inform ethics; ethi(cid:272)s should (cid:271)e a p(cid:396)io(cid:396)i (cid:862)k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge (cid:271)efo(cid:396)e expe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863)
