SOSC 3552 Lecture 11: Kant Lecture Notes
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Political economy as a moral science: the economics of marx and keynes. Kant: reality is abnormal which is absurd i am unable to find any evidence in my experience that i am contradicting. 2. 3. 1 kant: anthropology on the character of the species - human species-being . Man has a character which he himself creates, insofar as he is capable of perfecting himself according to the ends that he himself adopts. This in itself is the intelligible character of humanity as such, and insofar as he has it man is good in his inborn predispositions (good by nature). p. 185. Characteristics distinguishing humans from other animals: the technical predisposition . Use of tools - the human hand and the development of reason: the pragmatic predisposition . Use of other men - usefulness basis for the social bond: the moral predisposition .