Self-Knowledge and Self-Love
In this paper I argue for the claim that self-love is a precondition for self-knowledge. This claim is relevant to the contemporary philosophical debate on self-knowledge, but mainly because it draws attention to the role of claims of self-knowledge in the larger context of our ordinary practice of...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Ethical theory and moral practice |
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2015]
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Ethical theory and moral practice
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| RelBib Classification: | NCB Individualethik VA Philosophie ZD Psychologie |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Self-love
B Self-hatred B Self-knowledge B Agential limits B Rationalization B Self-determination |
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| Zusammenfassung: | In this paper I argue for the claim that self-love is a precondition for self-knowledge. This claim is relevant to the contemporary philosophical debate on self-knowledge, but mainly because it draws attention to the role of claims of self-knowledge in the larger context of our ordinary practice of rationalizing and appropriating our actions. In this practice it is crucial for persons to open-mindedly investigate the limits of their own responsible agency, an investigation that requires a warm and gentle kindness to avoid both being too easy in welcoming and too merciless in resisting ones own imperfections as a minded agent. This kindness, I argue, is grounded in an evaluative relation of caring, a type of relation that is incompatible with self-hatred. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8447 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10677-015-9578-4 |