Relationship between “Dignity” and “Human Freedom” in Kant’s View

Mazaheri, Roqayeh; Aawani, Shahin

doi:10.22054/wph.2022.67731.2073

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Roqayeh Mazaheri ¹
Shahin Aawani ²

¹ Ph.D. Student in Philosophy, Khatam University, Tehran, Iran

² Associate Professor of Philosophy, Iranian Research Institute of Philosophy and Khatam University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22054/wph.2022.67731.2073

Abstract

From Kant’s view, freedom is the universal property of humans as the autonomy of will. He established morals on the ground of freedom through legislation of Practical Reason. In Kant’s philosophy, freedom is a ground, based on which humans have dignity as an individual and human beings. The concept of freedom is conjunct with moral law and practical reason and is not found in the scope of nature. The moral law being freedom in a sense elevates humans from the scope of nature and gives them value and dignity, which is based on freedom and autonomy. A moral human creates value for the world, and human is the end of creation. The Intermediator of human relationship as a moral being and the end of nature is the freedom concept. This article is written concentrating on Kant’s view of “The relationship between dignity and humans freedom”. Freedom is neither an objective matter nor the subject of cognition because the concept of freedom is related to the rational world and is realized in the behavior and disposition of humans. Everything has a price or dignity in the land of ends. Whatever has a price could be traded, but what is more valuable than any value and has no equivalent whatsoever is dignity. The humanity of humans is the only being that has “dignity” as long as it is capable of having morality.

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Wisdom And Philosophy

Relationship between “Dignity” and “Human Freedom” in Kant’s View

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Volume 18, Issue 71
February 2022
Pages 185-208

Relationship between “Dignity” and “Human Freedom” in Kant’s View

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Volume 18, Issue 71February 2022Pages 185-208

Volume 18, Issue 71
February 2022
Pages 185-208