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This interpretation is, roughly speaking, the polar opposite of Kant’s moral philosophy. He has very precise, concrete, views on right and wrong, views that he
by woodruffw 3y ago
This interpretation is, roughly speaking, the polar opposite of Kant’s moral philosophy. He has very precise, concrete, views on right and wrong, views that he is able to persuasively substantiate because he starts from such a basic, skeptical position.
Put another way: Kant’s observation about the basic unknowability of things in themselves doesn’t somehow imply that we have to throw up our hands and accept moral relativity. The bulk of his moral philosophy is dedicated to explaining the necessary connection between our phenomenological existence and our moral duties.