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TY  _  JOUR
ID  -  1402070744232
TI  -  Development of Theodicy in Kant’s Early and Late Critical Philosophy
JO  -  History of Philasophy
JA  -  ES
LA  -  fa
SN  -  2008-9589
AU  -  Ramin Farah
AU  -  Farzanegan Zahra
AD  -  دانشگاه قم
AD  -  
Y1  -  2023
PY  -  2023
VL  -  1
IS  -  
SP  -  65
EP  -  84
KW  -  problem of evil
KW  -   fundamental evil
KW  -   radical evil
KW  -   best order
KW  -   theodicy
KW  -   early critical period
KW  -   late critical period
KW  -   Kant
DO  -  
N2  -  Generally speaking, Kant’s academic life is divided into two pre-critical and post-critical periods. Some researchers have explored the historical development and evolution of his philosophical thoughts and divided the critical period into two parts as well. An explanation of Kant’s view of the problem of evil, given the difference in the subtle view that is witnessed in his works published in the early and late critical period, portrays the process of the formation of his philosophical structure in this regard. Related studies in this field reveal his gradual distance from the theoretical knowledge of God and, thus, his theological response to the problem of evil, which reached its culmination towards the end of the critical period. The principle of “freedom”, which is one of the postulates of ethics in Kant’s critical thoughts, is the axis of the justification of moral evil in his works, particularly during the later critical period. Following a descriptive-analytic method, the present study investigates Kant’s view of the problem of evil during two critical periods. In the early critical period, he confirmed the theory of the “best possible world”, while equating the concept of “perfection” with the concept of “reality” therein. However, in the late critical period, he moves away from the common definition of “evil and good” and presents a new response to the dilemma of evil through denying the legitimacy of philosophical theodicies. During the critical period, Kant viewed evil as an essential feature of Man and denied the traditional and Stoic interpretation of the temporal and rational origins of evil in human nature.
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