Ebook: Die moralische Stufenleiter: Kant über Teufel, Menschen, Engel und Gott

Rationality is largely understood as a distinctive human trait. Thus, Kant’s frequent mentions of “other rational creatures” besides men quickly became a source of bemusement. To whom was he referring? The “lovely angels,” as Schopenhauer smugly remarks? This study seeks to answer this question from the perspective of moral and religious philosophy and in doing so reconstructs Kant’s “moral hierarchy of beings.”