Author(s)

Yingying Wei

Corresponding Author

Yingying Wei

ABSTRACT

Kant's and Confucianism's moral philosophies originated from different civilizations in different times, and their moral philosophies are representative thoughts in the tradition of Chinese and Western moral philosophies. This paper selects Kant's and Confucianism's moral philosophy thoughts for comparative study. Kant's and Confucianism's moral philosophy is regarded as transcendental theory, and both of them emphasize the transcendental nature of moral root and moral consciousness at the level of moral source. Kant defined man as a limited biological existence, and man can only know the phenomenal world and the moral world forever, but can't go beyond the free will to enter the moral ontology and the self-contained things in the universe ontology. Confucianism unifies the inner and transcendence of human beings, the phenomenon and noumenon of the universe, and the moral world and the universe. Both their moral philosophies reflect the practical significance of putting moral principles into real life.

KEYWORDS

Kant, Moral philosophy, Confucian