ABSTRACT
Kant’s main preoccupation was with moral or ethical behavior. Thus, when he spoke of (rational) action he meant moral action, including such aspects as good deeds, resistance to temptation, and a virtuous disposition. Taking this view further, Branton argued for a set of metaphysical principles of work that are not at all separable from moral considerations. On the contrary, he felt that moral considerations intrinsically belong to ordinary human work. In this way he spent much of his life attempting to “marry” critical philosophy to psychology. With his colleague Fernando Leal he developed a view that he called the “New Science of Inner Life,” the ultimate aim of which was to show that there is “a greatness lying inside the human person” that needs to be understood, nurtured and liberated.
