Equality and Reciprocity, or: The Primacy of the Practical
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Jens Timmermann
Abstract
This paper centers on two Kantian themes that distinguish Friedlaender’s Kant for Children: the transition from philosophical ethics to the teaching of virtue, made possible by a Kantian ‘metaphysics of morals’ that emphasizes purity and autonomy, and the strongly egalitarian point of view that, on closer inspection, underpins Kant’s rejection of beneficent action from sympathy.
Abstract
This paper centers on two Kantian themes that distinguish Friedlaender’s Kant for Children: the transition from philosophical ethics to the teaching of virtue, made possible by a Kantian ‘metaphysics of morals’ that emphasizes purity and autonomy, and the strongly egalitarian point of view that, on closer inspection, underpins Kant’s rejection of beneficent action from sympathy.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgments VII
- Table of Contents IX
- Table of Abbreviations XI
- Translator’s Introduction 1
- Kant for Children: Questions and Answers for the Teaching of Morality 11
- Shlomo Friedlaender: Portrait of a Jewish Kantian 63
- Kant, Philosophy, and the Public 67
- Do Children Have Common Sense? 85
- “If You Want to Write for Children”: Conflicting Advice from Kant and Friedlaender 105
- Above All Things Human: Bestimmung in Salomo Friedlaender’s Kant for Children 121
- Equality and Reciprocity, or: The Primacy of the Practical 141
- Notes on Contributors 145
- Index 147
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgments VII
- Table of Contents IX
- Table of Abbreviations XI
- Translator’s Introduction 1
- Kant for Children: Questions and Answers for the Teaching of Morality 11
- Shlomo Friedlaender: Portrait of a Jewish Kantian 63
- Kant, Philosophy, and the Public 67
- Do Children Have Common Sense? 85
- “If You Want to Write for Children”: Conflicting Advice from Kant and Friedlaender 105
- Above All Things Human: Bestimmung in Salomo Friedlaender’s Kant for Children 121
- Equality and Reciprocity, or: The Primacy of the Practical 141
- Notes on Contributors 145
- Index 147
