scholarly journals The moral philosophy of nature: Spiritual Amazonian conceptualizations of the environment

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis Gregorio Abad Espinoza
Keyword(s):  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Physical Condition ◽  
Amazon Rainforest ◽  
Philosophy Of Nature ◽  
Ecuadorian Amazon ◽  
Intimate Relations ◽  
Harmful Effects ◽  
The Way

It is well known the harmful effects that savage capitalism has been causing to the environment since its introduction in a sphere in which a different logic and approach to nature are the essential conditions for the maintenance of the ecosystem and its complex relations between humans and non-human organisms. The amazon rainforest is a portion of the planet in which for thousands of years its human dwellers have been interacting with nature that it is understood beyond its physical condition. Thus, to what extent Amazonian’s approaches to nature could be considered as a moral philosophy through which the way of conceptualizing nature and its non-human denizens enhances the continuity of life and the intimate relations between entities? To answer this question, I will explore the cosmological system of the Shuar of the Ecuadorian Amazon with whom I lived for 5 months between July and November 2018, and thereby elucidate the spiritual relations that this society has with the metaphysical domain of nature.

Stupid Goodness

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Garrett Cullity
Keyword(s):  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Paradise Lost ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Way

In Paradise Lost, Satan’s first sight of Eve in Eden renders him “Stupidly good”: his state is one of admirable yet inarticulate responsiveness to reasons. Turning from fiction to real life, this chapter argues that stupid goodness is an important moral phenomenon, but one that has limits. The chapter examines three questions about the relation between having a reason and saying what it is—between normativity and articulacy. Is it possible to have and respond to morally relevant reasons without being able to articulate them? Can moral inarticulacy be good, and if so, what is the value of moral articulacy? And, thirdly, can moral philosophy help us to be good? The chapter argues that morality has an inarticulacy-accepting part, an articulacy-encouraging part, an articulacy-surpassing part, and an articulacy-discouraging part. Along the way, an account is proposed of what it is to respond to the reasons that make up the substance of morality.

‘Tout, dans ses charmes, est dangereux’: music, gesture and the dangers of French pantomime, 1748–1775

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-268
Author(s):  
HEDY LAW
Keyword(s):  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Moral Claim ◽  
Potential Danger ◽  
Binary Opposition ◽  
High Culture ◽  
Social Dance ◽  
Social Thinking ◽  
Musical Syntax ◽  
Social Dances ◽  
Harmful Effects

AbstractIn 1779 Chabanon noted the potential danger inherent in gesture because it might produce instantaneous and harmful effects. This article examines how Rameau, Rousseau and Grétry incorporated putatively dangerous gestures into the pantomimes they wrote for their operas, and explains why these pantomimes matter at all. In Rameau's Pygmalion (1748), Rousseau's Le Devin du village (1752–3) and Grétry's Céphale et Procris (1773, 1775), pantomime was presented as a type of dance opposite to the conventional social dance. But the significance of this binary opposition changed drastically around 1750, in response to Rousseau's own moral philosophy developed most notably in the First Discourse (1750). Whereas the pantomimes in Rameau's Pygmalion dismiss peasants as uncultured, it is high culture that becomes the source of corruption in the pantomime of Rousseau's Le Devin du village, where uncultured peasants are praised for their morality. Grétry extended Rousseau's moral claim in the pantomime of Céphale et Procris by commending an uneducated girl who turns down sexual advances from a courtier. Central to these pantomimes are the ways in which musical syntax correlates with drama. Contrary to the predictable syntax in most social dances, these pantomimes bring to the surface syntactical anomalies that may be taken to represent moral licence: an unexpected pause, a jarring diminished-seventh chord, and a phrase in a minuet with odd-number bars communicate danger. Although social dances were still the backbone of most French operas, pantomime provided an experimental interface by which composers contested the meanings of expressive topoi; it thus emerged as a vehicle for progressive social thinking.

Cardano, Girolamo (1501–76)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eckhard Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Functional Analysis ◽  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Philosophy Of Nature ◽  
Arts And Sciences ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Medical Paradigm ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Almost All

The Renaissance Italian Girolamo Cardano is famous for his colourful personality, as well as for his work in medicine and mathematics, and indeed in almost all the arts and sciences. He was an eclectic philosopher, and one of the founders of the so-called new philosophy of nature developed in the sixteenth century. He used both the Aristotelian and the Neoplatonic traditions as starting points, and following the medical paradigm of organic being, he transformed the traditional Aristotelian universe into an animated universe in which, thanks to their organic functional order, all individual parts strive towards the conservation both of themselves and of the whole universe. As a result, they can be subjected to a functional analysis. In his more casual writings on moral philosophy, Cardano showed his orientation to be basically Stoic.

Rawls' Theory of Justice

Dialogue ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Macleod
Keyword(s):  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Viable Alternative ◽  
Theory Of Justice ◽  
Moral Conception ◽  
Modern Moral Philosophy ◽  
Utilitarian Theory ◽  
The Way

Rawls' main aim in A Theory of Justice is to provide a viable alternative to the utilitarianism which has dominated so much modern moral philosophy. Although philosophers have long recognised the difficulties in the way of acceptance of a utilitarian account of judgments of justice, they have often responded by seeking merely to reformulate the principle of utility. Other philosophers, with a juster appreciation of the seriousness of these difficulties, have been prepared to reject utilitarianism in all its guises, but they have failed (in Rawl's opinion) “to construct a workable and systematic moral conception to oppose it”. What is needed, beyond a powerful reaffirmation of the familiar objections to utilitarian accounts of justice, is the careful elaboration of a radically non-utilitarian theory of justice. It is this need which Rawls sets out to meet in his book.

Looking for Answers in All the Wrong Places

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Earl W. Spurgin
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Social Contract ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Moral Theory ◽  
Moral Question ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
The Way

Abstract:In recent years, many business ethicists have raised problems with the “ethics pays” credo. Despite these problems, many continue to hold it. I argue that support for the credo leads business ethicists away from a potentially fruitful approach found in Hume’s moral philosophy. I begin by demonstrating that attempts to support the credo fail because proponents are trying to provide an answer to the “Why be moral?” question that is based on rational self-interest. Then, I show that Hume’s sentiments-based moral theory provides an alternative to the credo that points toward a more fruitful approach to business ethics. Along the way, I examine a recent social contract alternative to the credo that, despite many appealing features, is less effective than is the Humean alternative. Finally, I develop a Humean approach to business ethics and demonstrate why it is a desirable alternative that business ethicists should explore.

scholarly journals Dampak Pandemi Covid-19 Terhadap Psikologis Masyarakat

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junimiserya Zalukhu
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Physical Condition ◽  
Social Conflict ◽  
Psychological Condition ◽  
Healthy Behavior ◽  
Health And Illness ◽  
Way Of Thinking ◽  
Emotional Changes ◽  
The Way

The rapid and widespread spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant changes in all aspects of people's lives. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unrest for all levels of society. this not only affects the physical condition of a person, but also affects the psychological condition of society. Pandemic disease affects people psychologically widely and massively, starting from the way of thinking in understanding information about health and illness, emotional changes (fear, worry, anxiety) and social behavior (avoidance, stigmatization, healthy behavior). In addition, a psychological pandemic, creates prejudice, and outgroup discrimination that has the potential to cause hatred and social conflict.

scholarly journals Envers un repertori conceptual de la poesia de Narcís Vinyoles

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Salvador Cuenca Almenar
Keyword(s):  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Philosophy Of Nature ◽  
Conceptual History

Resum: L’obra lírica de Narcís Vinyoles es pot caracteritzar pel sincretisme formal i temàtic, típic de la València del pas del segle XV al XVI, un espai eclèctic on s’unien influències diverses. En aquest espai receptor Vinyoles construí la seua obra amb tres llengües: català, castellà i italià, i amb inspiracions temàtiques divergents. Des del punt de vista temàtic, un dels elements barrejats pel poeta valencià fou el filosoficoconceptual. En aquest treball detectaré els conceptes i, sense explicarlos en profunditat, explicitaré l’ús que en fa el poeta valencià. Dividiré el repertori conceptual en cinc apartats, segons la disciplina a la qual pertanguen: epistemologia, filosofia de la natura,metafísica, filosofia moral i teologia.Paraules clau: Narcís Vinyoles; història conceptual; poesia i filosofiaAbstract: Narcís Vinyoles’s poetry can be depicted by its formal and thematic syncretism, representative of Valencia at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, an eclectic city where diverse influences inextricably merged. In this receiving place Vinyoles built up his works with three languages, namely, Catalan, Castilian and Italian, and with different thematic inspirations. Thematically speaking, philosophical concepts are one of the elements mingled by the Valencian poet. In this paper I will only detect these concepts and specify the use made by Vinyoles without the explanation. The repertoire will be divided in five parts, according to the discipline to which concepts belong: epistemology, philosophy of nature, metaphysics, moral philosophy and theology.Keywords: Narcís Vinyoles, Conceptual History, Poetry and Philosophy

scholarly journals ḪALAQAH TRADITION IN BUILDING RABBANI CHARACTERS IN PESANTREN AL-ISLAM LAMONGAN, EAST JAVA, INDONESIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hambal
Keyword(s):  
Physical Condition ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Way

This research aims to reveal the basis of the ẖalaqah practice in the Pesantren al-Islam Lamongan, the implementation of the learning and formation of character through ẖalaqah, and the way the system may build Islamic personality. The method used in this reseach was qualitative. The results of this research are as follows. Firstly, the ẖalaqah practiced in the pesantren al-Islam was based on the ideas presented by the kyais and the management  as formulized in the khiththah  of the pesantren namely to have a ­rabbani generation with faith and sincerity, good morals, high spirituality, wide knowledge insights, healthy and strong physical condition, and readiness to make some propaganda about Islam. Secondly, the implementation of ẖalaqah in Pesantren al-Islam may be classified into two categories.  (1) ẖalaqah taklim, intended to give some insights to the santries on the right aqidah and the  correct worship. The employed techniques of the halaqah implementation were bandongan, sorogan  or the combination of the two. (2) ẖalaqah tarbiyah, intended to build santries to become muslims with noble morals and with some awareness and spirits of teaching  and of struggling Islam. The technique of the ẖalaqah implementation is to give materials of tazkiyat al-nafs accompanied with 'amaliah ibadah sunnah, and teaching and harakah materials and also guidance in reciting the Holy Qur'an and in guiding the characters.

Moral Progress for Evolved Rational Creatures

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-238
Author(s):  
William J. FitzPatrick
Keyword(s):  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Moral Theory ◽  
Moral Belief ◽  
Adaptive Plasticity ◽  
Moral Progress ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Naturalistic Account ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Way

Abstract Allen Buchanan and Russell Powell have developed a rich ‘biocultural theory’ of the nature and causes of moral progress (and regress) for human beings conceived as evolved rational creatures with a nature characterized by ‘adaptive plasticity’. They characterize their theory as a thoroughly naturalistic account of moral progress, while bracketing various questions in moral theory and metaethics in favor of focusing on a certain range of more scientifically tractable questions under some stipulated moral and metaethical assumptions. While I am very much in agreement with the substance of their project, I wish to query and raise some difficulties for the way it is framed, particularly in connection with the claim of naturalism. While their project is clearly naturalistic in certain senses, it is far from clear that it is so in others that are of particular interest in moral philosophy, and these issues need to be more carefully sorted out. For everything that has been argued in the book, the theory on offer may be only a naturalistic component of a larger theory that must ultimately be non-naturalistic in order to deliver the robust sort of account that is desired. Indeed, there are significant metaethical reasons for believing this to be the case. Moreover, if it turns out that some of the assumptions upon which their theory relies require a non-naturalist metaethics (positing irreducibly evaluative or normative properties and facts) then even the part of the theory that might have seemed most obviously naturalistic, i.e., the explanation of how changes in moral belief and behavior have come about, may actually require some appeal to non-naturalistic elements in the end.

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