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805Fichte on ConsciencePhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 95 (2): 376-394. 2017.There is no question that Fichte's theory of conscience is central to his system of ethics. Yet his descriptions of its role in practical deliberation appear inconsistent, if not contradictory. Many scholars have claimed that for Fichte conscience plays a material role by providing the content of our moral obligations—the Material Function View. Some have denied this, however, claiming that conscience only plays a formal role by testing our moral convictions in any given case—the Formal Function…Read more
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19th Century Philosophy |
German Idealism |
Immanuel Kant |
Johann Gottlieb Fichte |
Indian Philosophy |
Romanticism |
PhilPapers Editorships
Kant: Ethics |
Johann Gottlieb Fichte |