Amazements of Jesus and of Kant
Jesus and Kant were both amazed at some things, two things each in fact, but different things.
Continue September 21, 2007
Archives – September, 2007
Religious Fanatics and World Security
A search for moral “brakes” on the conscience of religious people such that no wrong will ever be done by fanatics of those religions. My understanding of the fanatic may also not be sufficient.
Continue September 17, 2007
Kant’s Sunder Of Pleasure From Respect
Kant’s understanding of the respect humans involuntarily hold for the moral law.
He quoted a French philosopher (I forget the name) as saying “I may bow before a king for whom I have no respect, but internally I do not bowâ€. Kant replied (my gloss), “And I may refuse to bow before a man more humble than I who does what I know to be a decent and costly act, but internally I bow, whether I like it or notâ€. I think Kant was trying to show at this point in the development of his moral ideas, that the feeling of respect has nothing to do with any pleasure.
September 9, 2007
Paul Speaks To Sinful Men
A muse concerning how I might express Paul’s need for the atoning death and resurrection of Jesus. I take Paul and make him speak to some group of Greeks interested in hearing new things.
Continue September 4, 2007
Paul and Kant on Salvation
An attempt to reconcile Paul and Kant on the matter of being pleasing to God.
Continue September 3, 2007