Kant on Freewill, Grace and Forgiveness

• Authors: Leslie Stevenson
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

How do our secular reflections on freewill relate to the theological tradition of human freedom and divine grace? I will pursue this question with reference to Kant, who represents a half-way house between Christianity and the atheism of other Enlightenment thinkers. But are those the only two alternatives? I suggest that Kant’s wrestling with the notion of divine grace can draw us all towards recognition of the ultimate mystery of human motivation and behaviour, and our need for forgiveness and hope.

Keywords

EN

Freewill; grace; forgiveness; faith; Bible; Kant; Augustine

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii - Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Diametros
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 39
• Pages: 125-139

Contributors

author

Leslie Stevenson

• University of St. Andrews

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Identifiers

DOI

10.13153/diam.39.2014.568