Abstract
Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of
obstacles to the realization of our motives and desires and as selfdetermination, self-control, or we can say that freedom is selfdirection and self-regulation. It is important to grasp what Kant
means by metaphysics of morals and freedom. He says that the
metaphysics of morals is concerned especially with the use of
freedom of the human will, according to rules of law. The positive
evidence of freedom of will, Kant contends, is a postulate of moral
judgement. In moral judgement, there is a sense of oughtness, or
moral obligation; this moral obligation implies freedom of will.
Duty and responsibility, morality, justice, merit and demerit, virtue
and vice would be quite meaningless if there were no freedom of
will. Kant says that the practical concept of freedom is based on
transcendental idea of freedom and it cannot stand without it. Kant’s
ethics, far from being deduced from the idea of freedom, is itself the
ground on which the idea of freedom is based. Hence, Kant’s ethics
is independent of his metaphysics and has a claim to our acceptance,
or at least to our consideration, no matter what has been our attitude
towards his metaphysics
MALIK MUHAMMAD TARIQ, Dr. Shagufta Begum. (2008) THE METAPHYSICAL FOUNDATIONS OF KANT’S VIEW OF HUMAN FREEDOM , Al-Hikmat: A Journal of Philosophy, Volume 28, Issue 01.
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