Kant/Speculative Beginning of Human History

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A 3 page reaction paper to Immanuel Kant’s 1786 text “Speculative Beginning of Human History,” which draws on the Judeo/Christian cultural heritage to offer a nuanced and persuasive argument as to what factors served to shape the course of human history. This vision of early history pictures rationality as the basic element that caused the rise of human society and humanity formulating the concept of human beings exist above and apart from the rest of the natural world. Kant’s “history” is structured in a way that culminates in presenting an argument that supports the Kantian perspective on morality and ethics. No bibliography offered.