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Transcendental Guilt - Reflections on Ethical Finitude (Hardcover)
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Transcendental Guilt - Reflections on Ethical Finitude (Hardcover)
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In Transcendental Guilt: Reflections on Ethical Finitude, Sami
Pihlsrom argues that the concept of guilt is fundamental to moral
philosophy and to our self-understanding as moral agents. As the
author emphasizes the constitutive role played by this concept, or
by our capacity to experience the corresponding moral emotion(s),
he labels the both ethically and metaphysically fundamental kind of
guilt to be discussed transcendental guilt. However, the book does
not merely illuminate this specific ethical concept. It also seeks
to intensify our understanding of the nature of moral thought
itself, especially of the seriousness of the moral point of view.
Thus, Transcendental Guilt poses a challenge to our ethical
self-conceptions, and also to our philosophical attempts to
understand them. This book does not attempt a new ethical theory.
Rather, it is critical of the very idea of ethical theory,
especially if by ethical theory we mean a systematically organized
structure setting us universal or absolute moral norms and
principles. Nor does Pihlstrom engage in metaethical theorizing
about the meaning of ethical concepts. Rather, the book engages in
moral reflection, which is something significantly broader than
(meta)ethical theorizing. In moral reflection, we are not
establishing theoretically justified normative principles or
constructing theories about the meaning of moral language; instead,
we are reflecting on our finite human lives our lives with other
human beings as presenting us with personal yet fundamental moral
demands. Moreover, the moral reflection practiced in the book is
both historically informed and philosophically systematic.
Scholars, graduate or advanced undergraduate students, and general
educated readers interested in fundamental issues in ethics will
appreciate the novel perspective presented, which challenges
mainstream ideas about moral theories and the foundations of
ethical thought.
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