Kant on the Will: the Lutheran Influence
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Kant, Will, Power Constituted by a Norm, Concupiscence, Lutheranism.Abstract
The rational will (and its activity as a pure will) is the faculty examined by Kant in his Metaphysis of Morals. In this paper I aim to clarify Kant’s conception of this faculty, i.e. as a causal power constituted by a norm. To this end, I analyze three central texts by Kant. The comparison with the Lutheran view on concupiscence suggests a strong influence of it on Kant’s conception of the will.
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