Recently added articles from Philosophy Today:
THE BEAUTIFUL SOUL, THE SOCIOPATH, AND FICHTE'S ETHICS
Oct 01, 2008; ... The figure of the beautiful soul (die schöne Seele) is a theme that runs through the Uterature and the philosophy of the period both before and after Fichte's System der Sittlichkeit. It also feeds into and feeds out of that work. The notion of the beautiful soul has its roots in German ...
ON FICHTE'S CONCEPT OF FREEDOM IN THE SYSTEM OF ETHICS
Oct 01, 2008; ... The notion of freedom is a central notion of Fichte's philosophical system. In his letter from 1795 Fichte calls his philosophy "the first system of freedom," comparing its theoretical significance with the import and effect that the French Revolution had in the political sphere. He writes, ...
APRIORITY FROM THE GRUNDLAGE TO THE SYSTEM OF ETHICS
Oct 01, 2008; ... This essay addresses the general topic of apriority in Fichte's writings in the mid- to late 1790s; more specifically, I will be asking what we can learn about the Fichtean conception of apriority from its deployment in the System of Ethics. This means I will be using the System of Ethics to ...
BETWEEN THE IDEAL AND THE EGO IDEAL: COLLECTIVE EVIL FROM FICHTE TO FREUD
Oct 01, 2008; ... It seems that post 9/11 me topic of evil and particularly collective evil has been on almost everyone's mind. Although philosophers have always inquired about the origin and nature of evil, since 9/11 there has been an unprecedented increase of philosophical literature on evil. However, ...
THE FUNCTION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF LONGING IN THE SYSTEM OF ETHICS
Oct 01, 2008; ... In the Critique of Judgment, Kant defines longing, in a footnote, as an affect which demonstrates an inchoate agreement with his doctrine of desire on the part of anyone who makes an incredible wish; "fantastic desires" indicate that we are aware that our representations have real efficacy, and ...