Education and the cultivation of virtue for the progress of communities in Kant
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I propose to elucidate in Kant’s mature practical philosophy the relevance of the cultivation of virtue and education for the progress of political and ethical communities, at the same time that I show it can be approached in an integrated way from the ethical-political parallel. First, I explain that the task and duty of human beings to carry out the end of the highest ethical and political good can be clarified in relation to the destiny of humanity. Then, I argue that the task of human beings lies in the cultivation of virtue, which is a duty that we might call ethical-political in the sense that the moral dispositions of individuals develop socially and serve communal ends. Finally, in an integrated view of the ethical-political parallel, I maintain that education is a necessary means to achieve the progress of communities.
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