“Kant provides a more helpful answer. For him, these first semblances of virtue can be explained in terms of discipline, in other words, as a product of external constraint: what the child cannot do on his own because he has… — Andre Compte-Sponville Copy Share Image
“Don’t say bad words; don’t interrupt people; don’t shove; don’t steal; don’t lie. To the child, all these prohibitions appear identical (“It’s not nice”). The distinction between the ethical and the aesthetic will come only later, and gradually. Politeness thus… — Andre Compte-Sponville Copy Share Image
“Kant provides a more helpful answer. For him, these first semblances of virtue can be explained in terms of discipline, in other words, as… — Andre Compte-Sponville Copy Share Image
“Don’t say bad words; don’t interrupt people; don’t shove; don’t steal; don’t lie. To the child, all these prohibitions appear identical (“It’s not nice”).… — Andre Compte-Sponville Copy Share Image
