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IRACHETA FERNANDEZ, Francisco Javier. Garve’s critical spirit against Kant in Theory and Practice. Sig. Fil [online]. 2018, vol.20, n.39, pp.88-115.  Epub 07-Mar-2022. ISSN 1665-1324.

In the first division of Theory and Practice, Kant tried to respond to the critics against his ethical doctrine that Christian Garve has developed in regard to the publication of the Critique of Practical Reason. Garve has argued in a 1792 writing that Kant’s ethics could be correct in theory but untenable in practice. In this article I want to follow Garve’s critical spirit against Kant embedded in this text and to show that, taking into account the argumentative trajectory that goes from the first to the second Critique, Kant’s attempt to refute these objections is not successful. It is conjectured that from these critics, Kant emphasized important points in his later ethical doctrine.

Palavras-chave : moral duty; transcendental freedom; happiness; skepticism; practical reason.