Kant on Anthropology, Human Nature, & Education (with Robert Louden) | Immanuel Kant Philosophy #3

This conversation is part of the Immanuel Kant Series | 'Dare to know!' Philosophy Podcast. Robert Louden is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Maine. Additionally, he is currently an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Hawaii. He has extensively published articles and books related to the work of Immanuel Kant. In this conversation, we talk in particular about his book ‘Kant’s Human Being: Essays on His Theory of Human Nature’.

In this episode of the Dare to know! Podcast we discuss Kant’s views on anthropology, human nature, evil, education & more. Enjoy watching!

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GUEST INFO:
https://usm.maine.edu/phi/robert-louden

HOST INFO:
My name is Fabian Corver, living in the Netherlands. I graduated last year from my Master's in Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. Currently, working for AI-focused start-up and reading lots of philosophy at night.

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
0:51 - Kant’s Human Being
3:20 - What is the human being?
9:58 - Establishing the Notion of ‘Human Nature’
12:58 - Rationality as a problem
18:50 - Fundamental place for virtue in Kant’s ethics
24:28 - The dark side of Kant’s Virtue Ethics
27:45 - Kant: Enemies of the Emotions?
30:53 - Kant’s Ethics lacking applicability?
36:13 - Is science a value-free enterprise?
40:30 - Kant’s views on education
48:50 - The Ethics of Examples: Making the Law visible
53:46 - Kant’s account of radical evil