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The personal life of Immanuel Kant (lemmynsfw.com)
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[–] [email protected] 101 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This is what I mean when I say Kant (and other enlightenment era thinkers) obsession with some universal moral rules followed by purely rational humans is some dude’s fantasy who never has understood how normal people work.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I was about to defend him but after refreshing my memory and reading about the Categorical Imperative I think you’re absolutely right.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What's that? I liked the ideas in the first half of "a critique of pure reason"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

"Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law."

It's basic and kinda neat as a personal moral philosophy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Kant is not really like other Enlightenment era thinkers though.