The Kantian ethical perspective seen from the existential philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard’s Victor Eremita
This article compares two groundings of ethics: the ethical postulates of Immanuel Kant with the existential thinking of S. Kierkegaard. To achieve this goal, first, it proposes highlighting the fundamental ideas of Kantian ethics; then, secondly, highlighting Kierkegaard’s ethical stance; and final...
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| description | This article compares two groundings of ethics: the ethical postulates of Immanuel Kant with the existential thinking of S. Kierkegaard. To achieve this goal, first, it proposes highlighting the fundamental ideas of Kantian ethics; then, secondly, highlighting Kierkegaard’s ethical stance; and finally, contrasting both approaches to identify differences and similarities. Conclusively, we can say that the pure Kantian ethical formality of duty for duty’s sake necessarily dispenses with existential and concrete content; it is an ethics that is grounded in itself, that refers to itself, to the rational nature of the human being and its universality. In contrast, Kierkegaardian ethics is a Christian ethics, it is the ethics of love for one’s neighbour and, above all, for God; it is a relational and existential ethics of the single individual. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-988dd17ac1294674990c61132b33df3b2022-12-21T22:36:37ZengSciendoEthics & Bioethics (in Central Europe)2453-78292021-06-01111-2485710.2478/ebce-2021-0003The Kantian ethical perspective seen from the existential philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard’s Victor EremitaMartín José García0Rojas Arturo Morales1Králik Roman2University of Granada (Spain) Scopus ID: 57194060352Complutense University of Madrid (Spain); Scopus ID: 57215575888Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, RUDN University (Russia) Scopus ID: 46861468800This article compares two groundings of ethics: the ethical postulates of Immanuel Kant with the existential thinking of S. Kierkegaard. To achieve this goal, first, it proposes highlighting the fundamental ideas of Kantian ethics; then, secondly, highlighting Kierkegaard’s ethical stance; and finally, contrasting both approaches to identify differences and similarities. Conclusively, we can say that the pure Kantian ethical formality of duty for duty’s sake necessarily dispenses with existential and concrete content; it is an ethics that is grounded in itself, that refers to itself, to the rational nature of the human being and its universality. In contrast, Kierkegaardian ethics is a Christian ethics, it is the ethics of love for one’s neighbour and, above all, for God; it is a relational and existential ethics of the single individual.https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2021-0003kantdutycategorical imperativekierkegaardindividuallove |
| spellingShingle | Martín José García Rojas Arturo Morales Králik Roman The Kantian ethical perspective seen from the existential philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard’s Victor Eremita Ethics & Bioethics (in Central Europe) kant duty categorical imperative kierkegaard individual love |
| title | The Kantian ethical perspective seen from the existential philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard’s Victor Eremita |
| title_full | The Kantian ethical perspective seen from the existential philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard’s Victor Eremita |
| title_fullStr | The Kantian ethical perspective seen from the existential philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard’s Victor Eremita |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Kantian ethical perspective seen from the existential philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard’s Victor Eremita |
| title_short | The Kantian ethical perspective seen from the existential philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard’s Victor Eremita |
| title_sort | kantian ethical perspective seen from the existential philosophy of soren kierkegaard s victor eremita |
| topic | kant duty categorical imperative kierkegaard individual love |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/ebce-2021-0003 |
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