I expect philosophers to be hypocrites (and that doesn’t make them wrong) but Kant was flat-out racist.
The same genius who devised the theory of transcendental idealism, and made room for our noumenal freedom and religious belief, also argued for a hierarchy of races with white Europeans seated firmly at the top. Really puts a bad taste in your mouth.
I expect philosophers to be hypocrites (and that doesn’t make them wrong) but Kant was flat-out racist.
The same genius who devised the theory of transcendental idealism, and made room for our noumenal freedom and religious belief, also argued for a hierarchy of races with white Europeans seated firmly at the top. Really puts a bad taste in your mouth.
David Hume stays winning I suppose.