Era só um projeto de leitura, no
início do ano. Encerrada a leitura, continuamos os estudos.
“A
relação entre razão e emoção deve seguir este modelo: ainda que as emoções,
enquanto inclinações, não estabeleçam nem justifiquem princípios morais, elas
não podem estar em contradição com os princípios morais obtidos. Dever
significa poder, ou seja, não podemos estar comprometidos moralmente com algo
que somos incapazes de realizar.” (BORGES)
“Ainda
que Immanuel Kant nunca tenha usado a palavra 'emoção' em seus
textos, é de vital importância para entender sua filosofia. Este livro, da
profa. Maria Borges oferece um argumento para a leitura de Kant, que considera
a importância da emoção, tendo em conta suas muitas manifestações em seu
trabalho, incluindo afeto e paixão.” (BORGES)
“Though Kant never used
the word 'emotion' in his writings, it is of vital significance to
understanding his philosophy. This book offers a captivating argument for
reading Kant considering the importance of emotion, taking into account its
many manifestations in his work including affect and passion.
Emotion, Reason, and
Action in Kant explores how, in Kant's world view, our actions are
informed, contextualized and dependent on the tension between emotion and
reason. On the one hand, there are positive moral emotions that can and should
be cultivated. On the other hand, affects and passions are considered illnesses
of the mind, in that they lead to the weakness of the will, in the case of
affects, and evil, in the case of passions. Seeing the role of these emotions
enriches our understanding of Kant's moral theory.
Exploring the full range
of negative and positive emotions in Kant's work, including anger, compassion
and sympathy, as well as moral feeling, Borges shows how Kant's theory of
emotion includes both physiological and cognitive aspects. This is an important
new contribution to Kant Studies, suitable for students of Kant, ethics, and
moral psychology.”
...
Review:
“English-language readers
now have the opportunity to learn about Brazilian philosopher Maria Borges's
groundbreaking work on Kant and the emotions. In Emotion, Reason and
Action in Kant – her first book in English – she expands and deepens her investigations
into an underexplored side of Kant that is unfortunately still foreign
territory for many of Kant's friends as well as foes.”
(Robert
B. Louden, Distinguished Professor and Professor of Philosophy,
University of Southern Maine, USA)
...
“Among the recently
increasing number of works on Kant on emotion, Borges's book is the most
wide-ranging and insightful yet. Drawing on the full range of Kant's work in
moral philosophy, anthropology, and aesthetics, she brings out the complexity
of Kant's conception of what we now call the emotions and of the relation
between his view of the emotions and his transcendental idealist theory of free
will. A bonus is her demonstration that in spite of well-taken feminist
critiques of Kant, he also allotted an indispensable role to women in the moral
education of humankind at large. Borges convincingly argues that Kant made
enduring contributions to our understanding of the nature and importance of
human emotions.”
(Paul
Guyer, Jonathan Nelson Professor of Humanities and
Philosophy, Brown University, USA)
...
“Wide-ranging in topics
and scholarship, Emotion, Reason and Action in Kant develops Maria
Borges's initially shocking claim that we can learn something about the
emotions from Kant. Since, as she argues, any adequate account of Kant's moral
psychology must include his views about the roles of different emotions in
moral life, Borges's book will be valuable to many.”
(Patricia Kitcher, Roberta and William
Campbell Professor of Humanities, Columbia University, USA)
About
the Author:
Maria Borges is
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
______.
BORGES,
Maria. Borges, Razão e emoção em Kant. Pelotas, RS: Editora e Gráfica Universitária, 2012.
______. Emotion, Reason, and Action in Kant. Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
______. Emotion, Reason, and Action in Kant. Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.
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