Anacletus, I. Ogbunkwu (2018) AN APPRAISAL OF FRIENDSHIP IN KANT: IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN SOCIETY. International Research Journal of Human Resources and Social Sciences, 5 (11). pp. 72-81. ISSN 2394-4218
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Abstract
The aim of this paper is the use of Kant’s concept of friendship as a model of friendship towards correcting some erroneous friendship practices in the human society. The paper uses the method of exposition and hermeneutics to give a good understanding of the concept and models of friendship and why it is most appropriate to adopt friendship in Kant as a better option for the human society. In the attempt to achieving the set goals, the paper studies the concept of friendship, erroneous attitude to friendship in the human society, friendship in Kant minding the types and models of friendship as developed by Kant. The types of friendship include: friendship of need, taste and disposition. Amongst Kant’s models of friendship is the Moral Friendship which has five promoting factors of well-wishing love to others, equity, reciprocal possession, intimate communication and openheartedness and love for mutual well-liking. The finding makes it obvious that man has the natural desire for friendship and shuns isolation. Similarly, from the research it is obvious that the society is bedeviled with lots of abuses and erroneous conceptions of friendship leading to deceit, swindling, crimes of different levels, betrayal, greed, wickedness, e.t.c. In the same vein, the finding reveals that Kant has achieved a milestone in developing a good attitude to friendship. Hence Kant can be said to have supplied the deficiency in societal conception of friendship. The implication of this paper is that amidst the challenges, deceit and abuses of friendship in the society, Kant’s concept of friendship unequivocally proves a paradigm of friendship and a panacea to the twist of friendship. Therefore, Kant’s concept of friendship is well poised towards rescuing friendship from the abuses and positioning friendship so as to satisfy the natural yearning in man for friendship.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences > Faculty of Education |
| Depositing User: | mrs chioma hannah |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Sep 2025 15:32 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Sep 2025 15:32 |
| URI: | http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5509 |
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