"Practical reason is not the will": Kant and Reinhold's dilemma. (19th March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Noller, Jörg
• Is Part Of: European journal of philosophy. Volume 27:Number 4(2019)
• Page Start: 852
• Page End: 864
• Publication Date: 2019-03-19
• Subjects: Philosophy -- Periodicals; Philosophy, European -- Periodicals; Philosophy, Modern -- 20th century -- Periodicals; 190
• DOI: 10.1111/ejop.12448
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0966-8373

Abstract

Abstract: Contrary to Karl Leonhard Reinhold's theoretical critique of Kant's philosophy, his practical critique has been almost unknown. In my paper, I shall reconstruct Reinhold's practical philosophy after Kant. I will concentrate on the so‐called Reinhold's dilemma, which concerns the problem of moral imputability in the case of immoral actions in Kant. Also, I shall explain how Reinhold tried to escape this dilemma by introducing a new action theory and by sharply distinguishing between reason and will. Finally, I shall evaluate Reinhold's practical significance by relating his conception of individual freedom to recent theories of volitional self‐determination.