kant is wrong to rely on human reason

Question 1

kant is wrong to rely on human reason

Answer 1

There are limits to human reason. Our minds experience the world through categories that we impose. We are unable to experience the ‘noumena’ and issues such as the existence of God are beyond our ability to provide proof.

Question 2

kant is wrong to rely on human reason

Answer 2

There are valid objections to the powers of reason.
Thinkers such as Barth may argue that human reason is limited and we require God’s revelation in order to gain truth. If you have studied Developments in Christian Thought, Augustine’s ideas of human fallenness may come into play here.

Question 3

kant is wrong to rely on human reason

Answer 3

Another challenge to the reliance on reason comes from Freud. Freud argues that our moral thinking is the product of subconscious drives produced by our upbringing. This would make morality more instinctive than reasoned.

Question 4

kant is wrong to rely on human reason

Answer 4

Situation ethics would reject the claim that ethics should be based on duty and reason. If applied in the way that Kant has in mind, reason may not give us the right answers. Agape love is a better motivation as far as Joseph Fletcher is concerned.