The colonial period of U.S. history contains a variety of interesting lessons. One of these pertains to the concept of a "virtuoso." The virtuoso was primarily characterized by curiosity. Rather than being overly specialized, the virtuoso explored a wide range of interests. The study of nature, art, literature, and theology all would have been pursuits common to this stereotype. This blog aspires to take this early category and use it as a point of departure for exploration and reflection.
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Kant - Morality and Reflexive Freedom
"'As a rational being, and consequently as belonging to the intelligible world, man can never conceive the causality of his own will except under the Idea of freedom; for to be independent of determination by causes in the sensible world... is to be free. To the idea of freedom there is inseparably attached the concept of autonomy, and to this in turn the universal principle of morality - a principle which in Idea forms the ground for all the actions of rational beings, just as the law of nature does for all appearances.' The reflexive freedom Kant has in mind consists in the insight that we have the moral duty to treat all other subjects as autonomous beings, just as we would expect them to treat us." Axel Honneth, Freedom's Right, 33.
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