: Since we cannot ensure this balance on our own (bad things happen to good people), we must assume there is a supreme, moral being (God) who can harmonize nature with morality in an afterlife. Moral Faith : For Kant, belief in God is not "knowledge" ( Wissencap W i s s e n ) but a "rational faith" ( Glaubecap G l a u b e
: He argued that "existence is not a real predicate"—simply adding the concept of "existence" to an idea does not make it real. Kant on God
: Humans have a moral duty to seek the "Highest Good"—a world where happiness is perfectly proportioned to virtue. : Since we cannot ensure this balance on
Though Kant rejected theoretical proofs, he insisted that God is a : Though Kant rejected theoretical proofs, he insisted that
Immanuel Kant’s view on God is defined by his famous declaration in the Critique of Pure Reason : "". He argued that while we cannot prove God exists through logic or science, we must postulate God's existence to make sense of our moral lives. The Rejection of Traditional Proofs
: He claimed we cannot apply the law of cause and effect (which works for physical things) to a "First Cause" outside of time and space.
) that provides the motivation to keep acting morally even when the world seems unjust.