Freedom and Anthropology in Kant's Moral Philosophy [Hardcover]

A comprehensive account of Kant's theory of freedom and his moral anthropology.This book is the first comprehensive account of Kant's theory of freedom and his moral anthropology. Frierson draws on Kant's transcendental idealism and his theory of the will and describes how empirical influences can affect the empirical expression of one's will in a way that is morally significant but still consistent with Kant's concept of freedom.As the first work on Kant to integrate his anthropology with his philosophy as a whole, it will be an unusually important source of study for all Kant scholars and advanced students of Kant.This book is the first comprehensive account of Kant's theory of freedom and his moral anthropology. Frierson draws on Kant's transcendental idealism and his theory of the will and describes how empirical influences can affect the empirical expression of one's will in a way that is morally significant but still consistent with Kant's concept of freedom.As the first work on Kant to integrate his anthropology with his philosophy as a whole, it will be an unusually important source of study for all Kant scholars and advanced students of Kant.Patrick Frierson draws on Kant's transcendental idealism and his theory of the will and describes how empirical influences can affect the empirical expression of one's will in a way that is morally significant but still consistent with Kant's concept of freedom. As the first work on Kant to integrate his anthropology with his philosophy as a whole, it is an unusually important source of study for all Kant scholars and advanced students of Kant.Introduction: Kant's anthropology and Schleiermacher's dilemma; Part I. The Problem: 1. The asymmetry in Kant's conception of freedom; 2. Anthropology as an empirical science; 3. The moral significance of Kant's 'pragmatic anthropology'; 4. Moral anthropology in contemporary neokantian ethics; Part II. The Solution: 5. Transcendental evil, radical evil, and moral anthropology; lÍ