Kant's Theory of Virtue from the Perspective of Intuitionism
Although with the development of intuitionist ethics,researchers realize its complex relation-ship with Kantian ethics.it remains controversial whether intuition plays a foundational role in Kantian ethics,or whether intuition primarily rational or emotional in Kant's view.This paper argues that though Kantian ethics indeed contains certain even significant elements of intuitionism,it differs fundamentally from contem-porary typical intuitionism,which is mainly reflected in his deontology centered on pure practical reason and categorical imperative.However,from a broader perspective,a distinctive theory of moral intuition can be de-veloped from Kant's thoughts.It includes both moral predisposition and the ability of reasoning formed by acquired moral training,containing necessary emotional elements.These major theoretical innovations are en-capsulated in his theory of virtue,which primarily demonstrated in the form of moral feelings and functioned as moral intuition.