Reason’s feeling: A systematic reconstruction of Kant’s theory of moral respect

Noller, Jörg

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“…99There is a vast literature on Kant's account of the feeling of respect. I have drawn from the following papers in coming up with the general view of respect in Kant that I present in this paper, Bagnioli (2003); Broadie & Pybus (1975); DeWitt (2014); Engstrom (2013); Geiger (2011); McCarty (1993); Noller (2019); Reath (1989); Ware (2014); Zinkin (2006). …”

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Kant on wonder as the motive to learn

Zinkin

2021

J Philosophy of Edu

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Kant writes, 'to have trained one's children is not enough . . . what really matters is that they learn to think' . By 'thinking' , Kant means thinking for oneself. But how can one learn to think for oneself? I focus on how we can be motivated to think for ourselves and argue that for Kant it is through the feeling of wonder. I make my case by drawing an analogy between Kant's discussion of wonder and his discussion of respect. For Kant, we can learn to feel wonder and be motivated to think for ourselves by being presented with seemingly organised objects that give us the occasion to feel wonder. Moreover, for Kant, sometimes the same object that provides the occasion for wonder is also what produces the feeling of respect, namely the pure activity of reason. In this way, wonder helps us to learn how to be virtuous.

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Kant on wonder as the motive to learn

Zinkin

2021

J Philosophy of Edu

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“…6 6 For a discussion of Kant's notion of freedom as autonomy see Noller (2016, p. 105–188), Noller (2019a, p. 853) and Noller (2019b, p. 8–9). …”

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“…7 7 For a systematic reconstruction of Kant's conception of the moral feeling of respect, see Noller (2019b). …”

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Heautonomy: Schiller on freedom of the will

Noller

2020

European J of Philosophy

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In his book “Schiller as Philosopher”, Frederick Beiser laments that “contemporary Kant scholars have been intent on ignoring him. If they know anything at all about Schiller, it is only as the author of an epigram satirizing Kant”. Therefore, Beiser calls us “to consider Schiller as a philosopher, to reconstruct and appraise the arguments of his philosophical writings” (Beiser, 2005, p. vii). In this paper, I shall argue that it is Schiller's conception of freedom of the will as “heautonomy” that stands behind his critique and modification of Kant's ethics. However, the systematic significance of Schiller's theory of freedom is not obvious. Its argumentative structure must first be reconstructed—as Beiser has demanded—because it is concealed by an esthetic discourse. A reconstruction of Schiller's theory of freedom shows that he contrasts his concept of heautonomy as individual self‐determination with the Kantian concept of an autonomy or autocracy of reason by the universal moral law. Schiller's own philosophical contribution to the debate on freedom after Kant must therefore not be understood as a mere esthetic balancing and softening of Kant's ethical rigorism. Rather, it shows serious transformations of Kant's approach, which justifies understanding it as a critical step beyond Kant's theory of the autonomy of reason.

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Drive, Will, and Reason: Reinhold and Schiller on Realizing Freedom after Kant

Noller¹

2021

The Concept of Drive in Classical German Philosophy

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Reason’s feeling: A systematic reconstruction of Kant’s theory of moral respect

Cited by 8 publications

References 14 publications

Kant on wonder as the motive to learn

Kant on wonder as the motive to learn

Heautonomy: Schiller on freedom of the will

Drive, Will, and Reason: Reinhold and Schiller on Realizing Freedom after Kant

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