Kant on Self-Control

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Year: 2024
Tongue: English
Leaves: 72
Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This Element considers Kant's conception of self-control and the role it plays in his moral philosophy. It offers a detailed interpretation of the different terms used by Kant to explain the phenomenon of moral self-control, such as 'autocracy' and 'inner freedom'. Following Kant's own suggestions, the proposed reading examines the Kantian capacity for self-control as an ability to 'abstract from' various sensible impressions by looking beyond their influence on the mind. This analysis shows that Kant's conception of moral self-control involves two intimately related levels, which need not meet the same criteria. One level is associated with realizing various ends, the other with setting moral ends. The proposed view most effectively accommodates self-control's role in the adoption of virtuous maxims and ethical end-setting. It explains why self-control is central to Kant's conception of virtue and sheds new light on his discussions of moral strength and moral weakness.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Kant on Self-Control
Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Conceptual Contours
1.2 Further Details
2 Self-Control through the Lens of ‘Autocracy’
2.1 Different Interpretations of Autocracy
2.2 Autocracy Reconsidered
3 Self-Control as Abstraction and Inner Freedom
3.1 Abstraction in Prudential and Moral Self-Control
3.2 The Elementary Level of Self-Control
3.3 Acquiring Inner Freedom
4 A Twofold Account of Moral Strength
4.1 Different Interpretations of Moral Strength
4.2 The Two Faces of Moral Strength
5 Moral Weakness: The Other Side of the Coin
5.1 The Puzzle of Weakness of Will
5.2 A Look at Paradigmatic Solutions
5.3 A Self-Control-Based Solution
5.4 Favourable Implications
6 Concluding Remarks
References

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