By the time we get to Rousseau and Kant, the Enlightenment is well on its way to symbolizing the post-Latin Age Europe.\u00a0 Each pointed to some aspect of past debates on Original Sin.<\/p>\n
Rousseau proposed a substitute to Fall itself.\u00a0 What went wrong?\u00a0 He identified the Fall as the adoption of the cultural value of \u201cprivate property\u201d at the start of Civilization.<\/p>\n
Kant proposed an ethical substitute for Sanctifying Grace.\u00a0 The categorical imperative relied on Reason and stated that \u201cyou should act as if \u2018the maxim from which you act\u2019 were to become, through your will, universal law.\u201d (At the same time, Kant\u2019s categorical imperative justified Resistance).<\/p>\n
From the previous blog, I can put each into a box.<\/p>\n
Rousseau proposed an anthropology.\u00a0 (The Anthropology belongs to the same category as the imagination, since one can imagine this pre-civilized condition but one has never encountered it.)<\/p>\n
Kant proposed a Doctrine of Reason and Resistance.\u00a0 (For Reason, consider the actor not committing an act, such as jaywalking, because, if jaywalking became a universal law, many people would get injured.\u00a0 For Resistance, consider the actor adopting a cause, such as \u201cnot owning private property\u201d, then forcing that stance on others, because it is consistent with the maxim that this \u201cact\u201d should become universal law.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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