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Single Idea 1452
[filed under theme 22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness
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Full Idea
Happiness is the condition of a rational being in the world with whom everything goes according to his wish and will.
Gist of Idea
Happiness is the condition of a rational being for whom everything goes as they wish
Source
Immanuel Kant (Critique of Practical Reason [1788], I.II.II.V)
Book Ref
Kant,Immanuel: 'Critique of Practical Reason (Third edition)', ed/tr. Beck,Lewis White [Library of Liberal Arts 1993], p.131
A Reaction
For such a sophisticated and rational philosopher this seems a rather crude notion. Reluctant alcoholics don't fit. Bradley has a much better definition (Idea 5655).
Related Idea
Idea 5655
Happiness is not satisfaction of desires, but fulfilment of values [Bradley, by Scruton]
The
34 ideas
from 'Critique of Practical Reason'
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18235
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Only human reason can confer value on our choices
[Kant, by Korsgaard]
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18675
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Kant may rate two things as finally valuable: having a good will, and deserving happiness
[Orsi on Kant]
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22007
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An autonomous agent has dignity [Würde], which has absolute worth
[Kant, by Pinkard]
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18234
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The good will is unconditionally good, because it is the only possible source of value
[Kant, by Korsgaard]
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6183
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Can pure reason determine the will, or are empirical conditions relevant?
[Kant]
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6181
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Necessity cannot be extracted from an empirical proposition
[Kant]
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6207
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What fills me with awe are the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me
[Kant]
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6184
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Consistency is the highest obligation of a philosopher
[Kant]
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6185
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No one would lend money unless a universal law made it secure, even after death
[Kant]
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6186
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A holy will is incapable of any maxims which conflict with the moral law
[Kant]
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6187
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Universality determines the will, and hence extends self-love into altruism
[Kant]
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6188
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A permanent natural order could not universalise a rule permitting suicide
[Kant]
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6190
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The sole objects of practical reason are the good and the evil
[Kant]
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6191
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The will is the faculty of purposes, which guide desires according to principles
[Kant]
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6192
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Good or evil cannot be a thing, but only a maxim of action, making the person good or evil
[Kant]
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6193
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Our happiness is all that matters, not as a sensation, but as satisfaction with our whole existence
[Kant]
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6194
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The highest worth for human beings lies in dispositions, not just actions
[Kant]
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6197
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Morality involves duty and respect for law, not love of the outcome
[Kant]
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6196
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People cannot come to morality through feeling, because morality must not be sensuous
[Kant]
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6195
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Reason cannot solve the problem of why a law should motivate the will
[Kant]
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6198
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Virtue is the supreme state of our pursuit of happiness, and so is supreme good
[Kant]
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1456
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Moral law is holy, and the best we can do is achieve virtue through respect for the law
[Kant]
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1452
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Happiness is the condition of a rational being for whom everything goes as they wish
[Kant]
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1454
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Morality is not about making ourselves happy, but about being worthy of happiness
[Kant]
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6200
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Wisdom is knowing the highest good, and conforming the will to it
[Kant]
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6201
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Everyone (even God) must treat rational beings as ends in themselves, and not just as means
[Kant]
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6199
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Obligation does not rest on the existence of God, but on the autonomy of reason
[Kant]
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1453
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We have to postulate something outside nature which makes happiness coincide with morality
[Kant]
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1455
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Belief in justice requires belief in a place for justice (heaven), a time (eternity), and a cause (God)
[Kant, by PG]
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6205
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To know if this world must have been created by God, we would need to know all other possible worlds
[Kant]
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6204
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Using God to explain nature is referring to something inconceivable to explain what is in front of you
[Kant]
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6206
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From our limited knowledge we can infer great virtues in God, but not ultimate ones
[Kant]
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6202
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In all naturalistic concepts of God, if you remove the human qualities there is nothing left
[Kant]
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6203
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Metaphysics is just a priori universal principles of physics
[Kant]
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