Tópicos (Nov 2013)

KANT Y LA VOLUNTAD COMO "RAZÓN PRÁCTICA". KANT AND THE WILL AS PRACTICAL REASON.

  • Luis Placencia

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21555/top.v41i1.75
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 41, no. 1
pp. 63 – 104

Abstract

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In this article I provide an account of the difficult passage in the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (GMS), in which Kant characterises the will as 'practical reason' (GMS, AA 04 412 26-31). I analyse six different interpretations of the aforementioned passage and I support one of them, which has not been considered by most of scholars. I argue that this interpretation is helpful to gain a better understanding of Kant's theory of action and the function of practical judgements (maxims and imperatives) in this theory.

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