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105The Proper Telos of Life: Schiller, Kant and Having Autonomy as an EndInquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy 54 (5). 2011.Abstract In this paper I set the debate between Kant and Schiller in terms of the role that an ideal of life can play within an autonomist ethic. I begin by examining the critical role Schiller gives to emotions in tackling specific motivational concerns in Kant's ethics. In the Kantian response I offer to these criticisms, I emphasise the role of metaphysics for a proper understanding of Kant's position whilst allowing that with respect to moral psychology, Kant and Schiller are in agreement ab…Read more
Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Areas of Specialization
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Philosophy of Action |
Aesthetics |
Meta-Ethics |
19th Century Philosophy |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
Metaphysics and Epistemology |
Philosophical Traditions |