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Evil, virtue, and education in Kant.
- Source :
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Educational Philosophy & Theory . Dec2019, Vol. 51 Issue 13, p1317-1326. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- For Kant, we cannot understand how to approach moral education without confronting the radical evil of humanity. But if we start out, as Kant thinks we do, from a morally corrupt state, how can we make moral progress? In response, I explore in this paper Kant's gradualist and revolutionary accounts of moral progress. These differing accounts of progress raise two key questions in the literature: are these accounts compatible and which type of progress comes first? Against other views in the literature, I argue that gradual progress through a change of mores must come first and can gradually lead toward, as its ideal endpoint, a revolution in our disposition (or a change of heart) and the overthrowing of our radical evil. This has important implications for moral pedagogy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *MORAL education
*HUMANITY
*LITERATURE & morals
*DISPOSITION (Philosophy)
*EDUCATION
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00131857
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 13
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Educational Philosophy & Theory
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137679623
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2018.1487284