Comments On Kant's Moral Feelings

in the philosophical system of Kant's morality, he objects to all substantially experienced moral principles. He puts forward a kind of purely practically theoretical moral laws and absolute laws as the generally accepted moral principles. Kant's moral principles and absolute laws come from purely practical ration. For the supremacy of morality, Kant divides the world into phenomenon one and rational one. Human beings, as dual existence, belong to both of the world. As the sensational beings, man has to obey the external general law of cause and effect, so they have no freedom. As the rational beings, man is free by nature. Without freedom, there cannot be morality. Freedom is the reason for the existence of morality, and morality is the reason for the recognition of freedom. The reality of freedom is proved by the existence of moral experience and the purely practical ration—as we called moral laws. Freedom serves as the condition of the existence of morality. The nature of man's freedom puts forward the requirement of morality—man wants to shake off one side as the rational existence and to obey and follow the moral laws of ration, so practically moral laws of ration have to be absorbed by the experience, then influence the sensational world. When they seep into man's mind, it will produce a kind of admiration for the moral laws and absolute laws. However, this kind of moral feeling is induced by purely practical ration, basing on sense, and the only feelingwe are born to recognize. That is because this kind of moral feeling has no relation to the experience and it just arises when moral and pure laws become the basis of our will, and restrict our hobbies and sensational desire. Then it produces a kind of fear, making it become obedient to the ration. This kind of moral feeling is different from general sensations and instinct feelings, because the latter ones crop up in the process of moral psychological activities, and end in the substantial happiness principle of moral experience. From Kant's point of view, experienced moral principles are not generally effective. Kant's moral feelings arise after moral laws. It is the moral laws that determine the moral feelings and make them possible. Therefore, this kind of moral feelings can shake off the restriction of experience, and this is considered as the key point of the anti-happiness moral principles.Kant's moral feelings are mainly embodied in the admiration of moral laws and duty. Through the moral laws, the admiration changes our hobbies as the sensational existence and makes our mind observe the splendor of the moral laws, creating a kind of esteem as well. A definite rational existence must make rational moral laws the basis of our will, for the sake of morality. He must base his personal behavior on rational moral laws, and this is the duty of rational existence. It is just the admiration of moral laws that exerts those laws on sensational beings, and connects the rational world and sensational world. It lays our personalityand supremacy before us, making us above the sensational world, and overpass the sensational existence. Then man can get the esteem of the really free man. Moral laws serve as a drive force for our morality, as an intermediate between rational existence and sensational existence while communicating as well. Such can be found in Kant's moral philosophies.