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Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Fichte is a necessary step to both Hegel and Marx."

Fichte is a necessary step to both Hegel and Marx.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Many who are committed to reason and science have turned against religion altogether and treat it with fear and contempt."

Many who are committed to reason and science have turned against religion altogether and treat it with fear and contempt.




Allen W. Wood Quotes: "What is central to morality is rational self-constraint (acting from duty), in cease where there is no other incentive to do your duty except that the moral law commands it."

What is central to morality is rational self-constraint (acting from duty), in cease where there is no other incentive to do your duty except that the moral law commands it.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "If being "iron headed" is to be lacking such feelings, then Kant's position is that an ironheaded person could not be a moral agent because such a person would not be rational."

If being "iron headed" is to be lacking such feelings, then Kant's position is that an ironheaded person could not be a moral agent because such a person would not be rational.




Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Notice that tearing oneself out of the insensible state is the opposite of remaining in it; the man who is beneficent from duty nevertheless acts with feelings, if not with empirical inclinations."

Notice that tearing oneself out of the insensible state is the opposite of remaining in it; the man who is beneficent from duty nevertheless acts with feelings, if not with empirical inclinations.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Kant did think he had a moral route back to rational faith in God, for those who need it, and he thought that at some level, we all do need something like it."

Kant did think he had a moral route back to rational faith in God, for those who need it, and he thought that at some level, we all do need something like it.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Empiricist philosophy always tends to be anti-philosophy (and is often proud of it)."

Empiricist philosophy always tends to be anti-philosophy (and is often proud of it).




Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Philosophy is about getting the facts right, but it is also about thinking rightly about them. Philosophy is more about the latter than the former."

Philosophy is about getting the facts right, but it is also about thinking rightly about them. Philosophy is more about the latter than the former.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Consequentialist theories begin with a very simple and undoubtedly valid point: Every action aims at a future end, and is seen as a means to it."

Consequentialist theories begin with a very simple and undoubtedly valid point: Every action aims at a future end, and is seen as a means to it.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Sometimes when a philosopher's views are widely rejected by the world, the fault is not with the philosopher but with the world."

Sometimes when a philosopher's views are widely rejected by the world, the fault is not with the philosopher but with the world.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Virtues consist not only of acting in certain ways, but in ways of caring and feeling."

Virtues consist not only of acting in certain ways, but in ways of caring and feeling.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Kant attempted to work out a view of religion and religious belief according to which existing religions could be brought into harmony with modernity, science and reason."

Kant attempted to work out a view of religion and religious belief according to which existing religions could be brought into harmony with modernity, science and reason.




Allen W. Wood Quotes: "I don't think Kant's approach to religion is any longer viable in its original form. But that does not mean it is simply wrong or that we cannot learn from it."

I don't think Kant's approach to religion is any longer viable in its original form. But that does not mean it is simply wrong or that we cannot learn from it.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Reason necessarily expresses itself through emotions and emotions are healthy only insofar as they are expressions of reason."

Reason necessarily expresses itself through emotions and emotions are healthy only insofar as they are expressions of reason.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "No theory about our bodies as mere objects of observation and calculation (as distinct from partners in communicative interaction, assumed to be free) can comprehend human nature."

No theory about our bodies as mere objects of observation and calculation (as distinct from partners in communicative interaction, assumed to be free) can comprehend human nature.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Fichte would identify all states of our minds with states of our body - perhaps not merely of our brain, but the whole body as an acting organism."

Fichte would identify all states of our minds with states of our body - perhaps not merely of our brain, but the whole body as an acting organism.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "The moral law is simply the way we think our own freedom as self-determination."

The moral law is simply the way we think our own freedom as self-determination.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Kant thinks that a free will is a will under moral laws and that freedom and the moral law are distinct thoughts that reciprocally imply each other. Fichte thinks they are the same thought."

Kant thinks that a free will is a will under moral laws and that freedom and the moral law are distinct thoughts that reciprocally imply each other. Fichte thinks they are the same thought.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Fichte takes an I or free will to be not a thing or being but an act which is not undetermined but self-determined, in accordance with reasons or norms rationally self-given."

Fichte takes an I or free will to be not a thing or being but an act which is not undetermined but self-determined, in accordance with reasons or norms rationally self-given.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "The species of anti-Enlightenment religion we find among evangelical protestants is far more impoverished, anti-intellectual and downright wretched."

The species of anti-Enlightenment religion we find among evangelical protestants is far more impoverished, anti-intellectual and downright wretched.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Kant can provide, and has provided, a good model for philosophers to think about the relation of metaphysics to science and scientific methodology."

Kant can provide, and has provided, a good model for philosophers to think about the relation of metaphysics to science and scientific methodology.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "If the problem of free will is to see how freedom fits into the order of nature, then Kant's basic view about the free will problem is that it is insoluble."

If the problem of free will is to see how freedom fits into the order of nature, then Kant's basic view about the free will problem is that it is insoluble.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "We can never prove that we are free or integrate our freedom in any way into our objective conception of the causal order of nature."

We can never prove that we are free or integrate our freedom in any way into our objective conception of the causal order of nature.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "We can treat human responses to cognitions as involving law-like connections grounded on free choices which show themselves in our character."

We can treat human responses to cognitions as involving law-like connections grounded on free choices which show themselves in our character.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "We can establish empirical criteria for free actions, and investigate human actions on the presupposition we are free."

We can establish empirical criteria for free actions, and investigate human actions on the presupposition we are free.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Kant thinks we can show that there is no contradiction in supposing we are free."

Kant thinks we can show that there is no contradiction in supposing we are free.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Not only our moral life, but even our use of theoretical reason - on which we rely in rationally inquiring into nature - presupposes that we are free."

Not only our moral life, but even our use of theoretical reason - on which we rely in rationally inquiring into nature - presupposes that we are free.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "We can't coherently deny, or even decline to affirm, that we are free."

We can't coherently deny, or even decline to affirm, that we are free.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Freedom is a permanent problem for us, both unavoidable and insoluble."

Freedom is a permanent problem for us, both unavoidable and insoluble.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Some empirical feelings, such as sympathy, are indispensable parts of certain moral virtues."

Some empirical feelings, such as sympathy, are indispensable parts of certain moral virtues.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Kant certainly was sympathetic with the metaphysical tradition of rational theology that he criticized."

Kant certainly was sympathetic with the metaphysical tradition of rational theology that he criticized.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "We are generally forced to choose one way or the other of distancing ourselves from Kant. I suppose I tend to choose the irreligious way. But I regret that Kant's path has not been followed."

We are generally forced to choose one way or the other of distancing ourselves from Kant. I suppose I tend to choose the irreligious way. But I regret that Kant's path has not been followed.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Kant was a rational theologian. He did not pretend to be a biblical or revealed theologian."

Kant was a rational theologian. He did not pretend to be a biblical or revealed theologian.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Freedom is an unprovable but unavoidable presupposition, not an article of faith."

Freedom is an unprovable but unavoidable presupposition, not an article of faith.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Kant does not regard freedom as an item of faith because it is too basic to our agency to be related to any end."

Kant does not regard freedom as an item of faith because it is too basic to our agency to be related to any end.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Kant considers belief in God and immortality to be items of "faith" because he relates faith to the pursuit of ends - in this case, the highest good."

Kant considers belief in God and immortality to be items of "faith" because he relates faith to the pursuit of ends - in this case, the highest good.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "It would be nice, wouldn't it? if we could get comfortable about the problem of freedom. Kant thinks that we can't."

It would be nice, wouldn't it? if we could get comfortable about the problem of freedom. Kant thinks that we can't.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "What I most fear now is that within a century or so there may not be any human future at all."

What I most fear now is that within a century or so there may not be any human future at all.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "In the mid-1960s, as hard to believe as it may be now, choosing to go into academic philosophy was not an imprudent career choice. There were lots of academic jobs in philosophy then."

In the mid-1960s, as hard to believe as it may be now, choosing to go into academic philosophy was not an imprudent career choice. There were lots of academic jobs in philosophy then.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "It seems to me self-evident that it is worthwhile to understand the best thoughts of the past, to appropriate them, to criticize them."

It seems to me self-evident that it is worthwhile to understand the best thoughts of the past, to appropriate them, to criticize them.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Clearly no working class movement ever came about that was able to do what Marx was hoping for."

Clearly no working class movement ever came about that was able to do what Marx was hoping for.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "I do not know how much my own work has achieved, and I must not pretend it has done more than it has."

I do not know how much my own work has achieved, and I must not pretend it has done more than it has.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "I think it is clear that what we ought to do has to be independent of our decisions about what to do, and independent of any procedures we might use in making such decisions."

I think it is clear that what we ought to do has to be independent of our decisions about what to do, and independent of any procedures we might use in making such decisions.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "In any matter of moral importance, our first task, before we plunge ahead and decide what to do, is to figure out what we ought to do."

In any matter of moral importance, our first task, before we plunge ahead and decide what to do, is to figure out what we ought to do.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "We can make mistakes about what we ought to do, and these are not the same as making bad decisions about what to do."

We can make mistakes about what we ought to do, and these are not the same as making bad decisions about what to do.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Kant thinks of judgment as a special faculty or talent of the mind, not reducible to discursive reasoning but cultivated through experience and practice."

Kant thinks of judgment as a special faculty or talent of the mind, not reducible to discursive reasoning but cultivated through experience and practice.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "It is probably not a good idea to ask someone to expound a position they do not accept and do not feel they even fully understand."

It is probably not a good idea to ask someone to expound a position they do not accept and do not feel they even fully understand.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Teaching and writing about philosophy is about the only thing I've ever been really good at."

Teaching and writing about philosophy is about the only thing I've ever been really good at.



Allen W. Wood Quotes: "Marx's writings still have something to teach us about capitalism. They have little or nothing to teach us about any alternatives to it. Anyone who had read them knows that."

Marx's writings still have something to teach us about capitalism. They have little or nothing to teach us about any alternatives to it. Anyone who had read them knows that.