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oa Een verbeeldingsgezinde attitude
Over metaforen, ethiek en poëzie
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte, Volume 113, Issue 4, Dec 2021, p. 549 - 563
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- 01 Jan 2022
Abstract
Abstract
An imaginative attitude: On metaphors, ethics and poetry
In this article, I describe how moral understanding, moral philosophy, and poetry are connected through our use of the imagination. From insights of the pragmatic tradition, I derive the existence of an imaginative attitude that steers us towards imaginative moral interpretation and action. I show how such an attitude not only develops through our personal ethical experience but is also nurtured and shaped by poetry. Finally, I will argue that moral philosophy can make use of this attitude to provide clear ethical theory and that it should stimulate its ethical development.
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