Open AccessKANT’S CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE AND AQUINAS’ NATURAL LAW THEORY: A CRITICAL AND COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
Author(s) -
Chikwado Ejeh Paulinus
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
addaiyan journal of arts humanaties and social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-8783
DOI - 10.36099/ajahss.2.9.1
Subject(s) - categorical imperative , epistemology , philosophy , exposition (narrative) , natural law , critical appraisal , categorical variable , subject (documents) , sociology , morality , mathematics , computer science , medicine , art , statistics , alternative medicine , literature , pathology , library science
This paper titled: “Kant’s Categorical Imperative and Aquinas’ Natural Law Theory: A Critical and Comparative Analysis”, is an attempt towards a better understanding of the compatibility or otherwise, that may exist between the works of the two great minds in the history of philosophy-Thomas Aquinas and Immanuel Kant. The paper aims at a critical comparison of the basic premises of Kant’s and Aquinas’s ethical philosophy, intending to find similarities and dissimilarities as well as compatibility or incompatibility between them. This paper adopts a conceptual clarification of our discourse and engages in an analytic, critical exposition, and appraisal of the subject matters.