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    Kant argues in the Critique of Practical Reason that immo... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→God gave human beings only a feeble certainty of the soul's immortality rather than firm belief

    Kant argues in the Critique of Practical Reason that immortality is a necessary postulate of pure practical reason, not a mere opinion.

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    • 1.Moral obligation requires infinite progress toward moral perfection, which finite lifespans cannot achieve.
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    • 2.Practical reason must postulate conditions making moral duty rationally pursuable, not merely impossible ideals.
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    • 3.Immortality is necessary (not optional) for coherence of the categorical imperative across infinite time.
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    • 1.Moral duty's validity should not depend on metaphysical claims about the afterlife we cannot know.
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    • 2.Finite beings can exhibit moral progress within their lifespans without requiring immortal completion.
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    • 3.Postulating immortality conflates psychological need for hope with rational necessity for ethics.
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