Kant’s Moral Theology Resets Freedom as Foundation for Order of Mind(PDF)
《南京师大学报》（社会科学版）[ISSN:1006-6977/CN:61-1281/TN]
- Issue:
- 2017年05期
- Page:
- 5-
- Research Field:
- 哲学研究
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- Title:
- Kant’s Moral Theology Resets Freedom as Foundation for Order of Mind
- Author(s):
- ZHANG Ting-gan
- Keywords:
- moral theology; faithful morality; autonomy of freedom; order of mind
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- Abstract:
- The exploration of the relationship between ethics and religious belief to confirm the foundation ofmoral development is an important domain of moral philosophy，from which Kant’s moral theology originated.Due to his profound insight into the inherent predicament of the Enlightenment and the paradoxical featuresof modern ethics，Kant tried to confirm the modern rational moral belief through the enlightenment providedby moral reason itself and by religion，and to make the concept of“ autonomy of freedom” the most powerfulconstructive principle of moral theology. He not only restricted the practical significance in the moral proof ofGod to the field beyond the natural realism confirmed by the practical rational freedom of the will，but alsopromoted the secularization of religious belief，i.e. the essential transformation into a“ faithful morality”，whichwas a radical change in the form of modern belief. However，whether it is faithful morality based on willingself-discipline or on the religion within the bounds of pure reason，Kant’s moral theology，though causingmany questions and misunderstandings，has ultimately revealed the fundamental issue of the order of mindor the change of mind from evil to good. The decision on whether the foundation for the order of mind is thefreedom of God’s grace or the rational autonomy involves due understanding of the following issues：amongothers，the complex relationship between humanistic morality and religious belief；the differentiation between“self nature” and“ subjective freedom” in Kant’s theory of freedom；and the tension between the self helpenabled by the modern concept of humanistic subject and God’s grace.
Last Update: 2017-09-25