HumanitiesPhilosophyReligious StudiesChristian StudiesPhilosophy Of ReligionReligious EthicsChristian EthicsKantian PhilosophyMoral EmotionsMoral JudgmentMoral ResponsibilityNormative EthicsConditions For ForgivenessMoral Grounds Of ForgivenessSecular ForgivenessTheology Of GuiltUnconditional Forgiveness
Although Kant’s moral philosophy is often presented as a kind of secularized Christianity, Kant seems to have very little to say about forgiveness, a topic of some traditional Christian interest. This reticence is particularly striking when we consider the central role in Kant’s thought played by ideas of obligation, responsibility and guilt.