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Lacan's Critique of Kantian Ethics from Sade's Point of View

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Alireza Zamiri 1
Ahmad Fazeli 2
Hassan Fatzade 3
1 PH.D. of Moral Philosophy, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Qom University, Qom, Iran.
2 Associate Professor, Department of Moral Philosophy, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Qom University, Qom, Iran
3 Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, University of Zanjan, Iran
10.22059/jop.2024.367134.1006806
Abstract
One of the common criticisms of Kant's moral theory is the excessive attention to reason and its absoluteness in the moral law. In such a way that neglecting other elements involved in the moral judgment, including feelings, leads to the impossibility and emergence of the sadistic strain of Kant's moral foundations and provides a suitable ground for the emergence of evil. According to this view, evil is considered to be associated with good, because what is meant by moral good is an action that is in accordance with the absolute, regardless of its content. Aligned with the impossibility of the absolute, Sade moves Kant's moral foundations and considers the name of every absolute will to be evil according to the principle of non-contradiction. Therefore, any morally heinous act can be willed according to the moral law according to the inclusion in the maxim, without disturbing the foundations of the absolute. According to Lacan, loyalty to desire and its insatiability is a moral criterion that If morality is considered devoid of pathological elements, it will become its opposite, simple morality, and the morality of desire, instead of moving from one object to another object, will be caught in the bed of simple satisfaction, as a result, in the movement towards pleasure at the ultimate threshold. The truth remains. Kant uses the special concept of respect as a representative of the pathological element to avoid falling into the sadistic side of his ethics and to fix this gap for his ethics.
 
Keywords
Sade
Kant
Lacan
Desire
Moral Low
The Pathologic
Subjects
 
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Philosophy
Volume 22, Issue 1 - Serial Number 42
October 2024
Pages 285-305

  • Receive Date 26 November 2023
  • Revise Date 11 August 2024
  • Accept Date 31 August 2024