Fallen Freedom
Kant on Radical Evil and Moral Regeneration
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In this study Professor Michalson attempts to clarify the complex tangle of issues connected with Kant's doctrines of radical evil and moral regeneration, and to set the problems resulting from these doctrines in an interpretive framework that tries to make sense of the instability of his overall position. In his late work Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone (1793), Kant charts out these doctrines in a manner that represents a fresh development in his own thinking on moral and relgious matters, apparently at variance with the mainstream Enlightenment outlook which Kant otherwise embodie...
In this study Professor Michalson attempts to clarify the complex tangle of issues connected with Kant's doctrines of radical evil and moral regeneration, and to set the problems resulting from these doctrines in an interpretive framework that tries to make sense of the instability of his overall position. In his late work Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone (1793), Kant charts out these doctrines in a manner that represents a fresh development in his own thinking on moral and relgious matters, apparently at variance with the mainstream Enlightenment outlook which Kant otherwise embodies. His position appears to amount to a retrieval of the supposedly outmoded Christian doctrine of original sin, and this ambivalence is seen to stem from his desire to do justice both to the Protestant Christian, and the Enlightenment rationalist, tradition, which weigh equally heavily upon him.In this study Professor Michalson attempts to clarify the complex tangle of issues connected with Kant's doctrines of radical evil and moral regeneration, and to set the problems resulting from these doctrines in an interpretive framework that tries to make sense of the instability of his overall position. In his late work Religion Within the Limits of Reason Alone (1793), Kant charts out these doctrines in a manner that represents a fresh development in his own thinking on moral and relgious matters, apparently at variance with the mainstream Enlightenment outlook which Kant otherwise embodies. His position appears to amount to a retrieval of the supposedly outmoded Christian doctrine of original sin, and this ambivalence is seen to stem from his desire to do justice both to the Protestant Christian, and the Enlightenment rationalist, tradition, which weigh equally heavily upon him.
Table of contents:
Preface Introduction PART ONE: RADICAL EVIL 1. Ivan and Kant 2. Kant's definition of moral evil 3. 'This evil is radical ...' PART TWO: MORAL REGENERATION 4. A 'change of heart' 5. Moral regeneration, human autonomy, and Divine aid 6. Autonomy and atonement 7. Autonomy and transcendence
Table of contents:
Preface Introduction PART ONE: RADICAL EVIL 1. Ivan and Kant 2. Kant's definition of moral evil 3. 'This evil is radical ...' PART TWO: MORAL REGENERATION 4. A 'change of heart' 5. Moral regeneration, human autonomy, and Divine aid 6. Autonomy and atonement 7. Autonomy and transcendence
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