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Morality as Freedom - Harvard University

1 Morality as Freedomi .. elevating though man's privilege is, of being capable of such an idea as Freedom of choice - [those who are accustomed only to physiological explanations] are stirred up by the proud claims of speculative reason, which feels its power so strongly in other fields. They are stirred up just as if they were allies, leagued in defense of the omnipotence of theoretical reason and roused by a general call to arms to resist the idea of Freedom of choice and thus at present, and perhaps for a long time to come (though ultimately in vain), to attack the moral concept of Freedom and, if possible, render it suspect. (TL 6: 378/34-35)ii - Immanuel Kant Kantian ethical philosophy has often been criticized for its dependence on an untenable conception of the Freedom of the will.

5 device cannot help you decide what to do. They can only prevent you from making any decision. In order to do anything, you must simply ignore the fact that you are programmed, and decide what to do - just as if you were free. You will believe that your decision is a sham, but it makes no difference.viii Kant's point, then, is not about a theoretical assumption necessary to decision, …

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