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Question Hi, I have chosen to write an essay about kant's moral argument for the existence of God and evaluate his contribution to philosophy of religion as an option. However, I am not getting much help. What must I read to cover in the essay and how much of Kant's philosophy must I be familiar with? Thank you for your help in advance. Greta.

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May 10, 2012

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Good wishes! I believe you can address Kant's moral argument without having to know a great deal of Kant's views in, say, The Critique of Pure Reason or Critique of Judgement. You could instead focus on Kant's Critique of Practical Reason. You can find a good discussion of the argument in the first and second edition of the Blackwell Companion to Philosophy of Religion. There is a version of the moral argument in the recent Blackwell Companion to Natural Theology worthy of attention. If you wanted an overview of Kant's argument, along with some attention to his other views on religion, you could check out chapter five, "Kantian Philosophy of Religion" in the Cambridge University Press book: Evidence and Faith; Philosophy and religion since the seventeenth century. Good wishes, Greta!

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