tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post3802419601484628513..comments2023-12-14T21:55:11.213-05:00Comments on Mitchell Langbert's Blog: Kant on EthicsMitchell Langberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722335216553899790noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-50348242409768261922010-03-04T00:21:10.528-05:002010-03-04T00:21:10.528-05:00Well put. Kant stands out as the great german phil...Well put. Kant stands out as the great german philosopher sounding the paean to the dignity of the individual, the basis of liberty and freedom. Isn't it ironic and absurd that the german romanticists who followed, Ficht, Hegel, Jundt, Arndt, et al. professed the absolute antithesis of Kant, a platform of absolute statism, total submission of the individual to the state. The ends justify the means = humans are the instruments of the state. They used the medium of the German university to promulgate the very docrtines that made nazism a deep seated indoctrinated reality in the 20th century which led to the blinding of conscience to the genocide of 12 million Jews, Gypsies and others.Phil Orensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05390414308766013311noreply@blogger.com