The Crooked Wood of Humanity

Philosophy and Theology 3 (4):335-353 (1989)
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Abstract

During the latter part of his career, Kant proposes three different accounts of evil. In these accounts are found psychological, logical, and teleological elements intetwoven in such a way as to give a coherent reading of evil as a complex philosophical issue. Recent commentators have emphasized one or the other of these two elements and consequently have only given a partial picture of Kant’s struggle with evil. I argue that Kant’s use of scripture needs to be taken much more seriously than it has been taken in order to unify these psychological, logical, and teleological aspects of his treatment.

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