Immanuel Kant · Philosophy

Freedom and the Moral Law

Kant’s profound reconciliation of freedom and determinism - and his argument that morality itself presupposes that we are free, autonomous beings who give the moral law to ourselves.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned that Kant reconciled freedom and determinism through the two standpoints, and held that morality presupposes freedom (autonomy). Explain Kant’s view of freedom and its relation to the moral law, in your own words.

Leads to Jean-Paul Sartre.

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