Alan Montefiore
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231153003
- eISBN:
- 9780231526791
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231153003.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
This book looks at the conflict between two very different understandings of identity: the more traditional view that an identity carries with it certain duties and obligations, and an opposing view ...
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This book looks at the conflict between two very different understandings of identity: the more traditional view that an identity carries with it certain duties and obligations, and an opposing view in which there can be no rationally compelling move from statements of fact to “judgments of value.” According to this second view, individuals must take responsibility for determining their own values and obligations. The book illustrates through personal experience the practical implications of this characteristically philosophical debate. It finally settles on the following answer: both the “traditional” assumption that individuals must recognize certain values and obligations, and the contrary view that individuals are ultimately responsible for determining their own values, are deeply embedded in differing conceptions of society and its relation to its members. The book also examines the misunderstandings between those for whom identity constitutes a conceptual bridge connecting the facts of who and what a person may be to the value commitments incumbent upon them, and those for whom the very idea of such a bridge can be nothing but a confusion. Using key examples from the notoriously vexed case of Jewish identity, the book depicts the practical significance of the differences between these worldviews, particularly for those who have to negotiate them.Less
This book looks at the conflict between two very different understandings of identity: the more traditional view that an identity carries with it certain duties and obligations, and an opposing view in which there can be no rationally compelling move from statements of fact to “judgments of value.” According to this second view, individuals must take responsibility for determining their own values and obligations. The book illustrates through personal experience the practical implications of this characteristically philosophical debate. It finally settles on the following answer: both the “traditional” assumption that individuals must recognize certain values and obligations, and the contrary view that individuals are ultimately responsible for determining their own values, are deeply embedded in differing conceptions of society and its relation to its members. The book also examines the misunderstandings between those for whom identity constitutes a conceptual bridge connecting the facts of who and what a person may be to the value commitments incumbent upon them, and those for whom the very idea of such a bridge can be nothing but a confusion. Using key examples from the notoriously vexed case of Jewish identity, the book depicts the practical significance of the differences between these worldviews, particularly for those who have to negotiate them.
Julien A. Deonna and Fabrice Teroni
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- December 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198716600
- eISBN:
- 9780191807572
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198716600.003.0008
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology, Developmental Psychology
There are close links between emotions and values. This chapter pursues the task of uncovering the nature of these links. It proceeds to do that by answering three questions. First, what is the role ...
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There are close links between emotions and values. This chapter pursues the task of uncovering the nature of these links. It proceeds to do that by answering three questions. First, what is the role of emotions in elucidating the nature of value? For example, is beauty to be understood in term of admiration? Second, what is the role of emotions in our gaining access to values? For example, what is the role of indignation in our awareness of injustice? Third, what value do emotions have? For example, is anger of value because it promotes aggressive behavior? Answering the first question amounts to surveying theories according to which there is an ontological relation between values and emotions. Addressing the second question, theories are reviewed according to which there is an intentional relation between emotions and values. Finally, while responding to the third question, some reasons for thinking that emotions can exemplify values are explored.Less
There are close links between emotions and values. This chapter pursues the task of uncovering the nature of these links. It proceeds to do that by answering three questions. First, what is the role of emotions in elucidating the nature of value? For example, is beauty to be understood in term of admiration? Second, what is the role of emotions in our gaining access to values? For example, what is the role of indignation in our awareness of injustice? Third, what value do emotions have? For example, is anger of value because it promotes aggressive behavior? Answering the first question amounts to surveying theories according to which there is an ontological relation between values and emotions. Addressing the second question, theories are reviewed according to which there is an intentional relation between emotions and values. Finally, while responding to the third question, some reasons for thinking that emotions can exemplify values are explored.
