Kant’s Robust Theory of Grace

• Autores: Jacqueline Mariña
• Localización: Con-textos Kantianos: International Journal of Philosophy, ISSN-e 2386-7655, Nº. 6, 2017, págs. 302-320
• Idioma: inglés
• Títulos paralelos:
  • La teoría robusta kantiana de la gracia
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  • In this paper I argue against two prevailing views of Kant’s Religion.  Against commentators such as Michalson and Quinn, who have argued that Kant’s project in Religion is riddled with inconsistencies and circularities, I show that a proper understanding of Kant’s views on grace reveals these do not exist.  And contra commentators that attribute to Kant at best a minimalist conception of grace (e.g., Wood 1991 and Pasternack 2014), I show that Kant’s view of it is remarkably robust.  I argue that Kant works with three different conceptions of grace. These are: a) grace and the God within, b) grace and the transformation of the fundamental orientation, and c) grace that can be laid hold of; the first and the last play a significant role in his philosophy of religion.