Jul20
Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) took it upon himself to repair the rift between rationalism and empiricism in startling ways, and we’ve been arguing about whether or not he pulled it off ever since. But he left behind a towering body of work upon which all modern philosophy is built. Particularly impactful is the way he grounded moral philosophy in metaphysics. Ethical determinations, he argued, are best anchored to logical calculations instead of being left to the vagaries of the heart. Morality, he claimed, was our birthright and our moral obligation. Join us in this inquiry to learn just how much of our modern worldview is rooted in the philosophy of Kant.