Title: A Kantian condemnation of atheistic despair
First published: 1997
Description: William James' pattern of pragmatic argument is revised to defend contra-causal free will in the strong form of Kantian moral autonomy, which enables people to choose what they ought regardless of any contrary inclinations.

With moral autonomy we have a moral theory under which we revise Kant's moral arguments into genuine moral arguments to give a moral condemnation of maxims to the effect: I will allow my reason to convince me that there can be no moral God who brings it about that it is as it ought to be with each human being.
Subjects: Atheism, Pragmatism, God, Natural theology, Knowableness, Ethics, Kant, immanuel, 1724-1804, God, knowableness
People: Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)
LC classification: BT102 .K446 1997