SPPU’s Dept of Philosophy celebrates 300th birth anniversary of Immanuel Kant

Born successful 1724 and writer of the celebrated philosophical treatise Critique of Pure Reason, Kant is 1 of the astir influential philosophers successful Western philosophy. “Kant truly brought a gyration successful the domain of philosophy. He helped displacement the absorption from metaphysics to science. He besides influenced galore Indian minds specified arsenic K.C. Bhattacharya and Lokmanya Tilak. Tilak wrote Gita Rahasya starting with the question ‘Is determination motivation mentation successful Indian philosophy?’. He tried to comparison Kant’s deontological mentation with Bhagavad Gita’s philosophy,” said prof Harish Navale, HOD of the doctrine department, SPPU.

Speaking to The Indian Express, prof Jung said, “He revolutionised the mode successful which we deliberation astir the satellite and ourselves. If we look astatine the past of Western philosophy, we measurement whether thing is pre-Kant oregon post-Kant. That is his impact. He theoretically showed, not conscionable said, that nary substance however atrocious we find our existent situation, quality beings are peculiar due to the fact that we tin ever anticipation for better. In a satellite which is acheronian and pessimistic, Kant gives you spot to judge that things tin beryllium better.”

Why indispensable 1 not lie?

Dissecting Kant’s analyzable ethical philosophy, prof Kumar told The Indian Express, “The question of morals is however bash we separate betwixt close and wrong. Kant argues that the mode to separate betwixt close and incorrect is rationally, done your reason. In your reason, if you truly spell deep, determination is already a motivation rule – enactment successful a mode that your enactment tin beryllium turned into a cosmopolitan law. This is called Kant’s categorical imperative.”

A lie, prof Kumar explained, is contradictory by itself. For a prevarication to beryllium effective, the liar indispensable presume that nary 1 ever lies. “Otherwise, wherefore would the listener judge what the liar is saying? But astatine the aforesaid time, you should besides benignant of judge that the liar should beryllium an objection to that peculiar rule. So, helium is positing the regularisation and past making himself the exception. This is contradictory. Because it’s contradictory, it indispensable besides beryllium immoral.”

But what if a slayer who wants to execution your person comes to your location and asks if the person is inside? Do you archer the slayer the information and past hazard perchance having your person killed, oregon bash you archer him a lie? “Kant, of course, infamously says that you should not lie. You should archer the truth. Today, I reconstructed his response. At each level, Kant gives you arguments that are rationally defensible and bully premises for the decision that you should not prevarication successful this peculiar situation,” said prof Kumar.