Does Mankind Morally Progress?
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https://doi.org/10.5944/endoxa.45.2020.21750Keywords:
Kant, progress, morality, legality, enthusiasm, invisible Church.Abstract
This paper raises the question of moral progress of humanity taking the
Kantian critical philosophy as framework. Firstly, it examines the difficulties the claim presents, in the context of such philosophy, to somewhat progress in morality. Then it discusses the possible contradiction between the idea of progress and the Kantian ascription of moral to the noumenic sphere. It takes into account the different references in Kant’s works where the thesis that defends moral progress of mankind is uphold, examining the arguments for and against. Finally, it sets the status the anticipation of the possible moral progress of humanity should have in the Kantian context of reflexion and the way it should take place.
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