Disagreement as Duty

Autor: Gerrits, Jeroen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
Popis: I. Introduction This essay focuses on the significance of disagreement in what Cavell has coined “Emersonian” perfectionism. This moral outlook holds that everyday moral duties and choices, unlike epistemological cases, ultimately rest on our personal assessment and justification of an action. It is therefore possible (and likely) that disagreements point not to moral incompetence, but to a conflict of desires – crucially including a conflict of ones own desires. As a consequence, the demand ...
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