There is a debate in the literature as to whether Kantian self-conceit is intrapsychic or interpersonal. I argue that self-conceit is both. I argue that, for Kant, self-conceit is fundamentally an illusion about authority, one’s own and any authority one stands in relation to. Self-conceit refuses to recognize the authority of the law. But the law “shows up” for us in two guises: one’s own reason and other persons. Thus, self-conceit refuses to recognize both guises of the law. Hence self-conceit is essentially double-sided, at once intrapsychic and interpersonal.

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康德式的自负与权威的两种伪装

关于康德式的自负是内心的还是人际的，文献中有争论。我认为自负两者兼而有之。我认为，对于康德来说，自负从根本上说是对权威、自己和任何与之相关的权威的幻想。自负拒绝承认法律的权威。但是法律以两种形式向我们“显现”：一个人的理性和其他人。因此，自负拒绝承认这两种法律的伪装。因此，自负本质上是双重的，既是内在的，也是人际的。