Towards a Kantian Phenomenology of Hope

Beyleveld, Deryck; Ziche, Paul

doi:10.1007/s10677-015-9564-x

Towards a Kantian Phenomenology of Hope

Beyleveld, Deryck; Ziche, Paul

Authors

Professor Deryck Beyleveld deryck.beyleveld@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Paul Ziche

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to examine the extent to which Kant’s Critique of the Power of Judgment (CPoJ) can be, or otherwise ought to be, regarded as a transcendental phenomenology of hope. Kant states repeatedly that CPoJ mediates between the first two Critiques, or between the theoretical knowledge we arrive at on the basis of understanding and reason’s foundational role for practical philosophy. In other words, exercising the power of judgment is implicated whenever we try to bring together the ethical issue of strictly determining our actions on the one hand and the necessity to act in the physical world on the other. We will argue that this mediating function is properly understood only if the ideations produced by self-understanding are characterized as objects of rationally required hope or fear.

Citation

Beyleveld, D., & Ziche, P. (2015). Towards a Kantian Phenomenology of Hope. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 18(5), 927-942. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-015-9564-x

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Jan 16, 2015
Online Publication Date	Feb 8, 2015
Publication Date	Nov 1, 2015
Deposit Date	Feb 19, 2015
Publicly Available Date	Feb 24, 2015
Journal	Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
Print ISSN	1386-2820
Electronic ISSN	1572-8447
Publisher	Springer
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	18
Issue	5
Pages	927-942
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-015-9564-x
Keywords	Kant, Hope, Judgment, Faith, Philosophy of Religion, Epistemology.

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