Transcendental Guilt challenges traditional ways of understanding moral philosophy by proposing, instead of mainstream ethical theorizing, a serious moral reflection on our ethical finitude, focusing on the concept of guilt. It argues that guilt plays a "transcendental" role in our ethical lives by being constitutive of the seriousness characteristic of the moral point of view.
Transcendental Guilt challenges traditional ways of understanding moral philosophy by proposing, instead of mainstream ethical theorizing, a serious moral reflection on our ethical finitude, focusing on the concept of guilt. It argues that guilt plays a "transcendental" role in our ethical lives by being constitutive of the seriousness characteristic of the moral point of view.
Sami Pihlström is Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His previous publications include Pragmatism and Philosophical Anthropology (Peter Lang, 1998), Naturalizing the Transcendental: A Pragmatic View (Prometheus, 2003) and Pragmatic Moral Realism (Rodopi, 2005). He is a board member of the Central European Pragmatist Forum and the Nordic Pragmatism Network.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Introduction: Moral Reflection and Ethical Theory Chapter 3 Chapter 2.Transcendental Guilt Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Guilt and Ethical Solipsism Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Ethical Unthinkabilities and Philosophical Seriousness Chapter 6 Chapter 5. A Meaningful Life in a Meaningless Cosmos? Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Constructing Moral Identity Chapter 8 Chapter 7. Concluding Reflections: Does Anyone Ever Do What Is the Right Thing to Do?
Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Chapter 1. Introduction: Moral Reflection and Ethical Theory Chapter 3 Chapter 2.Transcendental Guilt Chapter 4 Chapter 3. Guilt and Ethical Solipsism Chapter 5 Chapter 4. Ethical Unthinkabilities and Philosophical Seriousness Chapter 6 Chapter 5. A Meaningful Life in a Meaningless Cosmos? Chapter 7 Chapter 6. Constructing Moral Identity Chapter 8 Chapter 7. Concluding Reflections: Does Anyone Ever Do What Is the Right Thing to Do?
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