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<p>In order to discern how the modern subject acquires a moral disposition, which is indispensable to the Kantian transition [<i>Übergang</i>] from nature to freedom <i>and</i> morality, this article highlights the difference between a predisposition to a mere blind imitation and a disposition to imitating others in the name of X. It is through the process of abstraction that mere social mimicry transforms into pursuing X for X’s sake alone, which further develops into adopting duty for duty’s sake. Succinctly put, following X for the sake of X alone at the stage of culture <i>prepares</i> the modern subject to conform to what is considered to be virtuous in a given society. This article further elaborates on that argument by probing fashion not just as an object of sensibility but as a manifestation of social phenomena that are occasioned by the autonomous will to follow what is in fashion and by uncovering that the pursuit of fashion for fashion’s sake alone has a strong bearing on increasing the strength of will to autonomously perform a duty of virtue.</p>

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Fashion, Autonomy, and Kant’s Notion of Duty

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    2025年4月18日

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  • Eun Jung Kang

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In order to discern how the modern subject acquires a moral disposition, which is indispensable to the Kantian transition [Übergang] from nature to freedom and morality, this article highlights the difference between a predisposition to a mere blind imitation and a disposition to imitating others in the name of X. It is through the process of abstraction that mere social mimicry transforms into pursuing X for X’s sake alone, which further develops into adopting duty for duty’s sake. Succinctly put, following X for the sake of X alone at the stage of culture prepares the modern subject to conform to what is considered to be virtuous in a given society. This article further elaborates on that argument by probing fashion not just as an object of sensibility but as a manifestation of social phenomena that are occasioned by the autonomous will to follow what is in fashion and by uncovering that the pursuit of fashion for fashion’s sake alone has a strong bearing on increasing the strength of will to autonomously perform a duty of virtue.