Kant, “Duties Toward the Body”

Discussion Questions

Please prepare the following questions taken from the reading:

1. What does Kant think is the difference between love and sexual desire?

2. How does Kant understand the nature of persons: are we mind, body, or both?

3. What does Kant mean when he says that “we are not at our own disposal”?

4. What is it that makes marriage a suitable context for sexuality according to Kant?