Emotion, Reason, And Action In Kant

ISBN: 9781350078369 出版年：2019 页码：220 Maria Borges Bloomsbury Publishing

Though kant never used the word ‘emotion’ in his writings, it is of vital significance to understanding his philosophy. This book offers a captivating argument for reading kant considering the importance of emotion, taking into account its many manifestations in his work including affect and passion. Emotion, reason, and action in kant explores how, in kant’s world view, our actions are informed, contextualized and dependent on the tension between emotion and reason. On the one hand, there are positive moral emotions that can and should be cultivated. On the other hand, affects and passions are considered illnesses of the mind, in that they lead to the weakness of the will, in the case of affects, and evil, in the case of passions.