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According to Kant, a person becomes aware of the freedom of his will because

  • A.It is an apriori condition of the experience of obligation.
  • B.He has empirical experience of it.
  • C.It is an apriori condition of experience of senses.
  • D.It can be demonstrated by science.

Answer: A

For Kant a person becomes aware of freedom because freedom is an a priori condition of the experience of obligation: the moral law is a fact of reason, and since 'ought' implies 'can', we must regard ourselves as free. It is not shown by empirical experience (B), since freedom belongs to the noumenal self, and not by a condition of sense experience (C), which falls under natural causality. Science cannot demonstrate it either (D), because science deals with phenomena. The correct choice is (A).

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