The end of all things. Kant and Cohen on religion and reason

According to Kant’s concept of natural religion, the moral God consists in coordinated aggregate concepts holiness, goodness and justice. I argue that this can be used define a critical account religion’s role within public sphere. In order do so, refer Hermann Cohen’s philosophy religion. Cohen undertakes explicate religion as progress toward “dominion good on earth”, especially relation ideas ethical community. It is inferred difference between religious opens path definition pre-institution (religion without religion). The goal make distinct tradition its logic. emancipatory project Kantian reason presupposes set rules defining translation from postulates (Kant’s rational theism) problems assignments. Since pure practical reason, religions are subject evaluation. latter being guided by pragmatic maxim overcoming logical egoism, means any community, even many communities at once (different cultures) occasionally represent an if not sense community constituted.