Discuss the role of reason according to Kant. Show how reason is tied to autonomy and to Kant requirement that we respect others. Consider any weaknesses in Kant 's emphasis on reason in his moral theory.
Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher who was widely considered to be a central figure of modern philosophy. He argued that fundamental concepts structure human experience, and that reason is the source of morality. Kant 's major work, the Critique of Reason aimed to explains the relationship between reason and human experience Introduction Kant based his ethical theory on three pillars this theory was called a "deontological" theory. These three pillars are connected to Kant 's concept of reason. This essay will discuss the role of reason according to Kant and Kant 's requirement that we must respect others and how reason is tied to autonomy. It will firstly explore reason according to Kant and discuss how
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He divided the power of reason into theoretical and practical aspects. In either aspects reason is a very active faculty (The blackwill guide to kant 's ethics). In its theoretical use reason supplies us with principles that guides us with the understanding of the task of organizing our sense impressions into coherent and understanding patterns. Theoretical reasons provides us with principles that makes coherent perception and empirical scientific investigation possible (The blackwill guide to kant 's ethics).While in its practical use reason does more than seek the best means to whatever contingent desires we passively find ourselves processing, practical reasoning has to do with the exercise of