Description: Preface A Note on Translation Abbreviations Introduction Part One: Development of the Conception of Character and Its Relation to Other Terms and Distinctions of the Critical Philosophy 1. Character Conceived as an Issue of the Conduct of Thought (Denkungsart) Thematic Overview Historical Context From Precritical to Critical Philosophy: The Path to Character as an Issue of Thought Maxim Adoption and the Moral Comportment of Mind (Gesinnung) 2. Character and the "Unity of the Inner Principle of the Conduct of Life" Character, Efficacious Cause, and the Intelligible/ Empirical Distinction Character and the Capacity of Desire Unity of Two Orders of Necessity Unity of the Human Aptitudes Character and the Aesthetic Capacities of Feeling 3. Character and Radical Evil Status of Moral Evil in Kant's Thought Human Conflict: Its Forms and Their Root in Character Virtue: Embattled Moral Comportment of Mind (Gesinnung) Establishing Character: The Moral Task of Establishing Inner and Outer Peace Part Two: Human Moral Character: Its Structure and Cultivation 4. Principles of Orientation and the Relational Structure of Character Human Orientation to the Good By the Dawn of Natural Light Reflective Principles of Orientation Relating the Human Subject and Reason Rational Faith Conscience Conduct of Thought (Denkungsart) and the Maxims of Sound Understanding Character and Human Discourse 5. Pedagogy: The Formation (Bildung) of Character Aims and Nature of Pedagogy in General Propaedeutic Functions in Relation to Character Development Character as the Guiding Principle for Pedagogical Theory Discipline, Cultivation, Formation Example, Religion, and Internal Discipline Moral Spiritedness and the Relation of Aesthetic and Moral Cultivation Moral Education Proper Moral Discernment: Cultivating a Taste for the Law Socratic Method: Cultivating the Habit of Moral Judging Relation of Pedagogical and Communal Roles to Individual Responsibility for Establishing a Character Pedagogical Function of the Republican Constitution The Virtue That Cannot Be Taught Epilogue: Character as a Grafted Entity Bibliography Index

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