Moral Intuition, Social Sin, and Moral Vision: Attending to the Unconscious Dimensions of Morality and Igniting the Moral Imagination

This paper argues that the unconscious dimensions of the moral life—for example, moral vision, moral imagination, and distorted consciousness—are some of the most urgent provinces of moral theology today. Historically, moral theology was concerned with moral quandaries and observable actions, and mo...

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Main Author: Block, Elizabeth Sweeny (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 5
Further subjects:B social sin
B Moral Vision
B Jonathan Haidt
B Moral Imagination
B Narrative
B Intuition
B Racism
B Sexual Violence
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