What should we hope?

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2022

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Tilev, Seniye

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Springer

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In this paper I propose an interpretation of Kant's notion of the highest good which bears political, ethical, and religious layers simultaneously. I argue that a proper analysis of what Kant allows us to hope for necessarily involves what we should hope for as moral agents. I argue that Kant's conception of the highest good plays a crucial role in his moral theory as it designates the ideal context of moral experience which can be described as a moral world. Each of these three layers or aspects of the moral world (i.e., political, ethical, and religious) as the interrelated contexts in and through which we realize our moral agency is inextricably linked with the highest good. Without any dichotomy between secular or religious conceptualization of the highest good, in the political and in certain aspects of the ethical contexts we should adopt certain hopes as an implicit aspect of being virtuous, whereas from a religious perspective we are able to, and we may legitimately adopt hope and faith about the cosmic/ teleological context of our moral experience.

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Highest Good, Kant, Kant, The highest good, Conception, Hope, Justice, Highest Good, Community, Kant, Teleology, Conception, Faith

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Philosophia

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50

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5

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2685

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2706