A Kantian Guide to Life

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

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🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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If you've had some contact with the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, there's a good chance you found it abstract, heady, and hard to understand. But my guest would say that it's full of rich, usable insights on how to become better people, and, fortunately for us, she's got a true knack for making Kant's wisdom really accessible. Karen Stohr is a professor of philosophy and the author of Choosing Freedom: A Kantian Guide to Life. Today on the show, she brings Kant's ethical system and categorical imperative down to earth and shares how it can be applied to our everyday lives. We discuss Kant's belief in our great moral potential and duty to improve ourselves, and how his insights can help us make right choices. Karen explains Kant's ideas on the difference between negative and positive freedom, the importance of treating people as ends and not just means, the tension between love and respect, why ingratitude could be considered a "satanic vice," how practicing manners can make us better people, and more. You Kant miss this episode. Sorry, I had to do that.

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0:00.0	Brut McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness podcast.
0:11.7	If you've had some contact with the philosophy of Emanuel Kant, there's a good chance
0:15.4	you found it abstract, heady, and hard to understand.
0:18.6	But my guests would say that it's full of rich, usable insights on how to become better
0:22.4	people.
0:23.4	And, fortunately for us, she's got a true knack for making Kant's wisdom really accessible.
0:28.6	Karen Storer is a professor of philosophy and the author of Choosing Freedom, a Kantian
0:32.9	Guide to Life.
0:33.9	Today on the show, she brings Kant's ethical system and categorical imperative down to
0:38.0	earth, and shares how it can be applied to our everyday lives.
0:41.5	We discuss Kant's belief in our great moral potential and duty to improve ourselves and
0:45.3	how his insights can help us make right choices.
0:47.8	Karen explains Kant's ideas of the difference between negative and positive freedom, the importance
0:52.0	of treating people as ends and not just means, the tension between love and respect, why
0:57.2	in gratitude could be considered a satanic vice, how practicing manners can make us better
1:01.8	people and more.
1:03.6	You can't miss this episode.
1:05.3	Sorry, I had to do that.
1:07.3	Out of the shows over, check out our show notes at a-m.ias-kont.
1:27.2	All right, Karen Storer, welcome to the show.
1:30.0	Thank you.
1:31.0	Thank you for having me.
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