Passions and social irrationality

Autores

  • Maria Borges Federal University of Santa Catarina (Floranópolis, Brazil/ CNPq)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/sk.v21i1.91538

Palavras-chave:

passions, irrationality, history, morality, vainglory, greed

Resumo

In this paper, I analyze the concept of passions in Kant, trying to answer the question: are passions good for society or are they the source of evil and irrationality? I begin by showing the danger of passions, if compared with affects. In the Anthropology, as well in the Religion, Kant claims that passions are the evil we should fight against. More than inclinations, or affects, the evil principle refers to passions. However, in the Ideia for an Universal history with a cosmopolitan aim, Kant admits that passions are good for society. They are not the cause of their irrationality, but the possibility of the development of the natural predispositions of human being. I claim that we have two distinct answers in Kant, and I try to understand this ambiguity. 

Biografia do Autor

Maria Borges, Federal University of Santa Catarina (Floranópolis, Brazil/ CNPq)

Professora da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Referências

Kant, Immanuel. Gesammelte Schriften. Ed.: Bd. 1-22 Preussiche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Bd. 23 Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, ab Bd 24 Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Gottingen. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1900-.

KANT, I. Anthropologie in pragmatischer Hinsicht. In: Gesammelte Schriften. Bd. 07.

KANT, I. Idee zu einer allgemeinen Geschichte in Weltburger Absicht. In: Gesammelte Schriften. Bd. 08.

KANT, I. Metaphysik der Sitten. In: Gesammelte Schriften. Bd. 06.

KANT, I. Die Religion innerhalb der Grenzen der blossen Vernunft. In: Gesammelte Schriften. Bd. 06.

KANT, I. Vorlesungen uber Anthropologie/Mongrovius. In: Gesammelte Schriften. Bd. 25.

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Publicado

2023-08-08

Como Citar

Borges, M. (2023). Passions and social irrationality. Studia Kantiana, 21(1), 33–38. https://doi.org/10.5380/sk.v21i1.91538

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v. 21 n. 1 (2023)

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