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Can we have objective knowledge of the world? Can we understand
what is morally right or wrong? Yes, to some extent. This is the
answer given by Adam Smith and Edmund Husserl. Both rejected David
Hume s skeptical account of what we can hope to understand. But
they held his empirical method in high regard, inquiring into the
way we perceive and emotionally experience the world, into the
nature and function of human empathy and sympathy and the role of
the imagination in processes of intersubjective understanding. The
challenge is to overcome the natural constraints of perceptual and
emotional experience and reach an agreement that is informed by the
facts in the world and the nature of morality. This collection of
philosophical essays addresses an audience of Smith- and Husserl
scholars as well as everybody interested in theories of objective
knowledge and proper morality which are informed by the way we
perceive and think and communicate."
This collection examines the instrumental role of intersubjectivity
in Husserl's philosophy and explores the potential for developing
novel ways of addressing and resolving contemporary philosophical
issues on that basis. This is the first time Iso Kern offers an
extensive overview of this rich field of inquiry for an
English-speaking audience. Guided by his overview, the remaining
articles present new approaches to a range of topics and problems
that go to the heart of its core theme of intersubjectivity and
methodology. Specific topics covered include intersubjectivity and
empathy, intersubjectivity in meaning and communication,
intersubjectivity pertaining to collective forms of intentionality
and extended forms of embodiment, intersubjectivity as constitutive
of normality, and, finally, the central role of intersubjectivity
in the sciences. The authors' perspectives are strongly influenced
by Husserl's own methodological concerns and problem awareness and
are formed with a view to applicability in current debates - be it
within general epistemology, analytic philosophy of language,
philosophy of mind, meta-ethics or philosophy of science. With
contributions written by leading Husserl scholars from across the
Analytic and Continental traditions, Husserl's Phenomenology of
Intersubjectivity is a clear and accessible resource for scholars
and advanced students interested in Husserl's phenomenology and the
relevance of intersubjectivity to philosophy, sociology, and
psychology.
We are often pressed to forgive or in need of forgiveness:
Wrongdoing is common. Even after a perpetrator has been taken to
court and punished, forgiveness still has a role to play. How
should a victim and a perpetrator relate to each other outside the
courtroom, and how should others relate to them? Communicating
about forgiveness is particularly urgent in cases of civil war and
crimes against humanity inside a community where, if there were no
forgiveness, the community would fall apart. Forgiveness is
governed by social and, in particular, by moral norms. Do those who
ask to be forgiven have to fulfil certain conditions for being
granted forgiveness? And what does the granting of forgiveness
consist in? We may feel like refusing to forgive those perpetrators
who have committed the most horrendous crimes. But is such a
refusal justified even if they repent their crimes? Could there be
a duty for the victim to forgive? Can forgiveness be granted by a
third party? Under which conditions may we forgive ourselves? The
papers collected in the present volume address all these questions,
exploring the practice of forgiveness and its normative
constraints. Topics include the ancient Chinese and the Christian
traditions of forgiveness, the impact of forgiveness on the moral
dignity and self-respect of the victim, self-forgiveness, the
narrative of forgiveness as well as the limits of forgiveness. Such
limits may arise from the personal, historical, or political
conditions of wrongdoing or from the emotional constraints of the
victims.
We are often pressed to forgive or in need of forgiveness:
Wrongdoing is common. Even after a perpetrator has been taken to
court and punished, forgiveness still has a role to play. How
should a victim and a perpetrator relate to each other outside the
courtroom, and how should others relate to them? Communicating
about forgiveness is particularly urgent in cases of civil war and
crimes against humanity inside a community where, if there were no
forgiveness, the community would fall apart. Forgiveness is
governed by social and, in particular, by moral norms. Do those who
ask to be forgiven have to fulfil certain conditions for being
granted forgiveness? And what does the granting of forgiveness
consist in? We may feel like refusing to forgive those perpetrators
who have committed the most horrendous crimes. But is such a
refusal justified even if they repent their crimes? Could there be
a duty for the victim to forgive? Can forgiveness be granted by a
third party? Under which conditions may we forgive ourselves? The
papers collected in the present volume address all these questions,
exploring the practice of forgiveness and its normative
constraints. Topics include the ancient Chinese and the Christian
traditions of forgiveness, the impact of forgiveness on the moral
dignity and self-respect of the victim, self-forgiveness, the
narrative of forgiveness as well as the limits of forgiveness. Such
limits may arise from the personal, historical, or political
conditions of wrongdoing or from the emotional constraints of the
victims.
This collection examines the instrumental role of intersubjectivity
in Husserl's philosophy and explores the potential for developing
novel ways of addressing and resolving contemporary philosophical
issues on that basis. This is the first time Iso Kern offers an
extensive overview of this rich field of inquiry for an
English-speaking audience. Guided by his overview, the remaining
articles present new approaches to a range of topics and problems
that go to the heart of its core theme of intersubjectivity and
methodology. Specific topics covered include intersubjectivity and
empathy, intersubjectivity in meaning and communication,
intersubjectivity pertaining to collective forms of intentionality
and extended forms of embodiment, intersubjectivity as constitutive
of normality, and, finally, the central role of intersubjectivity
in the sciences. The authors' perspectives are strongly influenced
by Husserl's own methodological concerns and problem awareness and
are formed with a view to applicability in current debates - be it
within general epistemology, analytic philosophy of language,
philosophy of mind, meta-ethics or philosophy of science. With
contributions written by leading Husserl scholars from across the
Analytic and Continental traditions, Husserl's Phenomenology of
Intersubjectivity is a clear and accessible resource for scholars
and advanced students interested in Husserl's phenomenology and the
relevance of intersubjectivity to philosophy, sociology, and
psychology.
For several years now, Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments
(1759) has been attracting increasing attention. Smith is concerned
not only with the question of rational grounds for moral action,
but also and above all with moral feelings and a corresponding
moral education. Thus his theory offers a promising alternative to
the theories of David Hume and Immanuel Kant, which have often been
cited in past debates. Working from the moral philosophy of Adam
Smith, who is known principally as a political economist, it is
possible to develop a many-facetted contribution to present-day
debates (liberalism, business ethics). This volume, with papers by
renowned moral philosophers and Adam Smith scholars, documents the
various perspectives from which Adam Smith's moral philosophy is of
particular interest today.
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