HAPPINES-VIRTUE PROBLEMS IN KANT’S "THE CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON"

Kant defines ethics as a theory of pure practical reason and virtue, as a disposition to the accomplishment of moral law. Happines is, for him, an empirical determinant of behaviour and it cannot only be the first, but also the passible determinant of behaviour. The human being is distinctive accor...

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Main Author: Nerija Putinaitė
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Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 1998-01-01
Series:Problemos
Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/4257
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description Kant defines ethics as a theory of pure practical reason and virtue, as a disposition to the accomplishment of moral law. Happines is, for him, an empirical determinant of behaviour and it cannot only be the first, but also the passible determinant of behaviour. The human being is distinctive according to the principle of reason that Kant asserts to be of primary and supreme significance. With its judgement, reason oversteps the limits of the empirical world (and happiness) and discovers the unconditional totality of its objects, as suprema good establishes the indispensable identity of happiness with virtue.
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spelling doaj-art-578531c729a24d5ba25c8c319cfcb2362025-01-20T18:25:26ZengVilnius University PressProblemos1392-11262424-61581998-01-0152HAPPINES-VIRTUE PROBLEMS IN KANT’S "THE CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON"Nerija Putinaitė Kant defines ethics as a theory of pure practical reason and virtue, as a disposition to the accomplishment of moral law. Happines is, for him, an empirical determinant of behaviour and it cannot only be the first, but also the passible determinant of behaviour. The human being is distinctive according to the principle of reason that Kant asserts to be of primary and supreme significance. With its judgement, reason oversteps the limits of the empirical world (and happiness) and discovers the unconditional totality of its objects, as suprema good establishes the indispensable identity of happiness with virtue. https://www.journals.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/4257
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title HAPPINES-VIRTUE PROBLEMS IN KANT’S "THE CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON"
title_full HAPPINES-VIRTUE PROBLEMS IN KANT’S "THE CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON"
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