Folks:
There's some material in Kant's work on education, as well, which deals with women as adequately rational to raise the next generation of rational (male) moral agents, and that this is an important role in human society that deserves respect and preservation. I will note that this is a rather more morally problematic version than usual of "those who can, do; those who can't, teach."
If you would like a citation on this, I can hunt it down; e-mail me off-list if this is the case. Alison Reiheld
History, Philosophy, & Sociology of Science
Lyman Briggs College
Michigan State University
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Quoting "Norlock, Kathryn J" <[log in to unmask]>:
> Kant's Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime
> includes Section Three: "Of the Distinction of the Beautiful and the
> Sublime in the Interrelations of the Two Sexes," which my students
> always find accessible (enough) and highly informative with respect
> to his conceptions of femininity and women's capacities.
>
> I always pair this with a selection from Lectures on Ethics, "Duties
> toward the Body in Respect to Sexual Impulse," because if students
> read the "Distinction" above without reading the "Duties," they can
> easily walk away with the assumption that Kant believes women simply
> merit no moral respect at all-- whereas the Duties requires treating
> the humanity in women with respect (at times). It's fascinating
> stuff, I love teaching this.
>
> Kate
>
> Kathryn J. Norlock
> Associate Professor of Philosophy
> St. Mary's College of Maryland
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> ________________________________
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> From: Feminist ethics and social theory on behalf of kmiriam
> Sent: Thu 11/13/2008 7:46 AM
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> Subject: Kant and women?
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> Dear Feast-ers,
>
> I am writing to find material for a student: Can you recommend an
> article or essay, suitable for an undergraduate, that addresses
> Kant's attitudes towards women? or notions of femininity?
>
> thanks in advance,
> Kathy Miriam
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