A Theology for the Bildungsbürgertum by Leif Svensson

Author:Leif Svensson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2020-05-18T10:19:58.742000+00:00

[The] highest good consists of a moral state in the world in which the greatest happiness coincides with the strictest observation of moral rules. It has thus two components for Kant. The first is morality in accordance with the categorical imperative […]; the second is happiness in proportion to moral worth. But there is no necessary relation between morality and happiness. Indeed, often it seems the case that bad things happen primarily to good people. Nevertheless, we must believe that eventually good deeds will make a difference in the world. Thus reason needs to assume that happiness in proportion to moral worth is possible, even though nature itself cannot be expected to bring it about. Only an intelligent and all-powerful moral agent can be expected to do this. Therefore, the highest good makes it necessary for a moral agent to assume that there is another cause that makes the highest good possible. This can only be a supreme intelligence that has moral concerns, that is, God. Therefore, we must assume the existence of God.24

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