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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";
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"Cambria","serif";color:black"> Kant’s Sacrificial Turns</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">This paper addresses the role of the notion of sacrifice in Kant’s theoretical philosophy, practical philosophy, and in his account of religion. First, I argue that
kenotic sacrifice, or sacrifice as ‘withdrawal’, plays a hidden and yet important role in the development of Kant’s transcendental philosophy. Second, I focus on Kant’s practical philosophy, arguing that the notion of sacrifice that is both implied and explicitly
analyzed by Kant is mainly <i>suppressive</i> sacrifice. However, Kant’s account is fundamentally ambiguous, as sometimes the kenotic meaning of sacrifice seems to resurface, especially in the context of Kant’s discussion of the happiness of others as an end
in itself. Because religious notions are regarded by Kant as necessary transitional forms (<i>Darstellungen</i>) to be used to make moral ideas applicable to the world, I then scrutinise Kant’s view of sacrifice as an improper symbol, and I analyse Kant’s
arguments for such a dismissal and discuss the subject matter in recent literature. Finally, I examine the role of sacrifice in Kant’s account of Christ as the prototype of pure moral disposition. I conclude by arguing that Kant indeedgrasped the importance
of including kenotic dynamics in practical philosophy but was somehow unable or unwilling to integrate it into the formal grounding of his ethics. This tension, however, effectively provides an entry point for features that can be found in the post-Kantians.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";
color:black">Diego Bubbio has a PhD from the University of Turin (Italy). Before coming to UWS, Diego Bubbio was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Philosophy at The University
of Sydney, where he co-directed (with Paul Redding) the Religion and Post-Kantian Philosophy Research Cluster. He also taught Kant and Modern philosophy at the University of Aberdeen. Hecurrently is an ARC Future Fellow in the School of Humanities and Communication
Arts. Diego Bubbio's research is mainly in the area of post-Kantian philosophy. In particular he is interested in the relationship of the post-Kantian tradition (from Kant to Nietzsche) to the later movements of European philosophy, such as existentialism
and hermeneutics, and in issues in philosophy of religion. His key publications consider the notion of sacrifice. Along with two monographs in Italian and a number of chapters in books, he has articles published in academic journals such as <i>The British
Journal for the History of Philosophy, International Journal of Philosophical Studies</i>,
<i>International Journal for Philosophy of Religion</i>, and <i>Heythrop Journal</i>. He has edited, with Philip Quadrio, the collection <i>The Relationship of Philosophy to Religion Today</i> (<a href="http://www.c-s-p.org/flyers/The-Relationship-of-Philosophy-to-Religion-Today1-4438-2664-2.htm"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Cambridge
Scholars Publishing 2011</span></a>) and, with Paul Redding, <i>Religion After Kant: God and Culture in the Idealist Era</i> (<a href="http://www.c-s-p.org/flyers/Religion-After-Kant--God-and-Culture-in-the-Idealist-Era1-4438-3518-8.htm"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">Cambridge
Scholars Publishing 2012</span></a>). He is also the editor of Luigi Pareyson’s <i>Existence, Interpretation, Freedom</i>. <i>Selected Writings</i> (<a href="http://www.thedaviesgrouppublishers.com/Pareyson,%20Existence.html"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">The
Davies Group Publishers 2009</span></a>). His current ARC-funded project is an analysis of the notion of the ‘I’ in Hegel and Heidegger.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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