{"product_id":"kant-on-rational-sympathy-paperback-softback-9781009371179","title":"Kant on Rational Sympathy (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009371179","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKant on Rational Sympathy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eContrary to what Kant scholars might think, Kant has a theory of rational sympathy which is essential to his ethics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBenjamin Vilhauer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009371179, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 January 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e74 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.1 x 0.5 cm, 0.14 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis Element explains Kant's distinction between rational sympathy and natural sympathy.  Rational sympathy is regulated by practical reason and is necessary for adopting as our own those ends of others which are contingent from the perspective of practical rationality.  Natural sympathy is passive and can prompt affect and dispose us to act wrongly.  Sympathy is a function of a posteriori productive imagination.  In rational sympathy, we freely use the imagination to step into others' first-person perspectives and associate imagined intuitional contents with the concepts others use to communicate their feelings.  This prompts feelings in us that are like their feelings.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Distinction Between Rational and Natural Sympathy\u003cbr\u003e 3. A Debate about Translating Doctrine of Virtue §§34-5, and a Concern about Passivity\u003cbr\u003e 4. Sympathy and the Imagination\u003cbr\u003e 5. Putting Ourselves in Others' Places\u003cbr\u003e 6. Correctly Communicating Feeling\u003cbr\u003e 7. What Problem in Kant's Ethics is Solved by Rational Sympathy?\u003cbr\u003e 8. Responding to Exclusionists, and Distinguishing Adopting and Promoting Ends\u003cbr\u003e 9. How Rational Sympathy Allows Adoption of Merely Permissible Ends\u003cbr\u003e 10. Sages and Sympathy in Kant's Theory of Friendship\u003cbr\u003e 11. Friendship as an Ideal of Sharing All Our Ends and All Our Feelings\u003cbr\u003e 12. Four Objections to the Rationally Sympathetic Interpretation of Friendship\u003cbr\u003e 13. Sympathy as a Moral Incentive, and its Relationship to Respect\u003cbr\u003e 14. Contemporary and Historical Connections to Empathy\u003cbr\u003e 15. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of Western philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of Western philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20Western%20philosophy%20%5BHPC%5D%22\"\u003eHPC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52413992993048,"sku":"9781009371179","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009371179i.jpg?v=1784334450","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/kant-on-rational-sympathy-paperback-softback-9781009371179","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}