Why does Kant think we have a duty to know ourselves? What does this sort of self-knowledge look like? Whose method do you think would get you closest to this: Teresa of Avila's method in the First Level of the Interior Castle or Descartes's method in the first and second Meditations? Why?
Sample Solution
Kant thinks that we have a duty to know ourselves because it is necessary for us to become autonomous and develop our own moral principles. Self-knowledge involves understanding oneself fully, including both one's strengths and weaknesses, desires and motivations. Knowing oneself also involves having insight into one’s character, values, beliefs and goals.