Date of Award
2011
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Philosophy
Keywords
Philosophy.
Supervisor
Cook, Deborah (Philosophy)
Rights
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Abstract
This thesis is a discussion of Theodor Adorno's concept of the "addendum". In contrast to Immanuel Kant who claimed that free and moral action amounts to pure reason alone being the cause of action, Adorno believes that a physical impulse is required for action to take place. This thesis begins by discussing Kant's philosophy in the first chapter and moves to a discussion of the addendum in the second. In the third chapter I discuss the addendum's place in Adorno's moral philosophy. In that there is always a physical component involved in action, Adorno believes that some materially motivated action can be morally good. Specifically, it is the impulsive response to suffering and physical pain that Adorno believes is morally good because, as I suggest, it is only by so responding that the Holocaust can be prevented from happening again.
Recommended Citation
Walschots, Michael, "Adorno's "Addendum" to Practical Reason" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 20.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/20