reason's capacity to determine the will a priori, and show how all norms of practical reason are systematically derived from this capacity. In the first part, I reconstruct Kant's account of the practicality of pure reason, i.e. I argue that to properly grasp Kant's distinctive conception of moral constraints, and his conception of rational agency, we must look to his underlying account of reason.My dissertation divides into two parts. In particular, influential constructivist readings have stressed the role of rational agents as autonomous subjects that "construct" the principles or values they commit themselves to. Yet recent commentators have shied away from Kant's account of reason, emphasizing instead aspects of his view that seem to make it more accessible. As is well known, Kant contends that morality has its source in pure reason, and that the authority of moral considerations derives from this source. My dissertation develops a novel account of Kant's moral philosophy by focusing on his conception of pure reason.
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