Kierkegaard’s Analysis of Human Existence inEither/Or: There is No Choice Between Aesthetics and Ethics

Autor:	Isaiah Giese
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Philosophy Aesthetics Ontology Criticism Aestheticism Existentialism Epistemology
Zdroj:	International Journal of Philosophical Studies. 19:59-73
ISSN:	1466-4542 0967-2559
Popis:	According to Alasdair MacIntyre, Kierkegaard fails to provide rational reasons to choose between an aesthetic lifestyle and an ethical lifestyle. This claim subsequently initiated a significant discussion that investigated whether one can rationally choose between ethics and aesthetics. I will be challenging both MacIntyre’s criticism and in large part the basis of the subsequent discussion by arguing that there is no choice between aesthetics and ethics at all. Specifically, I will be arguing that in Either/Or Kierkegaard demonstrates that the essence of human existence is the freedom to make choices. Given that the ethical is the existential reality of having to make choices, human existence is therefore necessarily ethical. This conclusion follows from my thesis that the essential difference between the aesthete and the ethicist in Either/Or is their opposing views on whether choices are necessary elements of experience.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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