Emotion reason and action in Kant Acknowledgements Abbreviations Translations Introduction 1. Action reason and causes in Kant 2. Can we act without feelings Respect sympathy and other forms of Love 3. A place for affects and passions in the Kantian system 4. What can Kant teach us about emotions 5. Physiology and the Controlling of Affects in Kants Philosophy 6. Kantian Virtue as a Cure for Affects and Passions 7. The beautiful and the good: refinement as a propaedeutic to morality 8. Women and Emotion 9. Evil and Passions Conclusion: An emotional Kant Notes References Index. Though Kant never used the word emotion in his writings it is of vital significance to understanding his philosophy. This book offers a captivating argument for reading Kant considering the importance of emotion taking into account its many manifestations in his work including affect and passion. Emotion Reason and Action in Kant explores how in Kants world view our actions are informed contextualized and dependent on the tension between emotion and reason. On the one hand there are positive moral emotions that can and should be cultivated. On the other hand affects and passions are considered illnesses of the mind in that they lead to the weakness of the will in the case of affects and evil in the case of passions. Seeing the role of these emotions enriches our understanding of Kants moral theory. Exploring the full range of negative and positive emotions in Kants work including anger compassion and sympathy as well as moral feeling Borges shows how Kants theory of emotion includes both physiological and cognitive aspects. This is an important new contribution to Kant Studies suitable for students of Kant ethics and moral psychology. Bloomsbury Publishing