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- Title
Circumstantial and constitutive moral luck in Kant's moral philosophy.
- Authors
Hartman, Robert J.
- Abstract
The received view of Kant's moral philosophy is that it precludes all moral luck. But I offer a plausible interpretation according to which Kant embraces moral luck in circumstance and constitution. I interpret the unconditioned nature of transcendental freedom as a person's ability to do the right thing no matter how she is inclined by her circumstantial and constitutive luck. I argue that various passages about degrees of difficulty relating to circumstantial and constitutive luck provide a reason to accept a pro‐moral luck interpretation of Kant.
- Subjects
ETHICS; KANT, Immanuel, 1724-1804; TRANSCENDENTALISM (Philosophy); FORTUNE; LIBERTY
- Publication
European Journal of Philosophy, 2024, Vol 32, Issue 2, p353
- ISSN
0966-8373
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ejop.12844