POL320Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Immanuel Kant, Scientific Method, Teleology
22 Mar 2017
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Kant really understood rousseau and enjoyed his work. Foundation of moral autonomy inspired by rousseau. The first virtue of liberty is freedom also inspired by rousseau. Kant lived in the age of european enlightenment. Considered by many to be the philosopher of the enlightenment . Marks the beginning of the modern age. Most enlightenment thought stems from 3 premises. The entire universe is fully intelligible and governed by natural forces not supernatural ones. Rigorous application of the scientific method can answer questions in all areas of inquiry in the natural world and the social world. The human race can be improved through education and good laws. Enlightenment thinkers exalted the power of reason and was skeptical of traditional thinking. With a worldview based on the intelligible and the natural. Enlightenment ideas were seen as an assault on traditional societies. The secularism of the enlightenment threatened traditional religion and traditional power including aristocracy (french revolution)
