The aim of this paper is to situate Kant in the debate on free will. Whereas Kantians often assume that Kant's views on free will cannot be brought under any of the headings of this debate, contemporary free will theorists commonly assume that Kant is an incompatibilist of the libertarian type. I argue against both assumptions: Kant can and should be characterized as a compatibilist and more specifically as a soft determinist. After removing some persistent misconceptions about Kant's position in the free will debate, I contend that Kant affirms the truth of determinism, that he rejects the possibility of libertarian free will and that he considers the sort of freedom required for moral responsibility to be compatible with determinism.

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康德是软决定论者

本文的目的是将康德置于关于自由意志的辩论中。康德主义者通常认为康德关于自由意志的观点不能归入这场辩论的任何标题下，而当代自由意志理论家通常认为康德是自由意志主义类型的不相容主义者。我反对这两个假设：康德可以而且应该被描述为相容论者，更具体地说是软决定论者。在消除了对康德在自由意志辩论中立场的一些持续误解之后，我认为康德肯定了决定论的真理，他拒绝自由意志自由意志的可能性，并且他认为道德责任所需的那种自由与决定论相容.