Watts, Daniel (2017) Kierkegaard, Repetition and Ethical Constancy. Philosophical Investigations, 40 (4). pp. 414-439. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/phin.12169
Watts, Daniel (2017) Kierkegaard, Repetition and Ethical Constancy. Philosophical Investigations, 40 (4). pp. 414-439. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/phin.12169
Watts, Daniel (2017) Kierkegaard, Repetition and Ethical Constancy. Philosophical Investigations, 40 (4). pp. 414-439. DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/phin.12169
Abstract
How can a person forge a stable ethical identity over time? On one view, ethical constancy means reapplying the same moral rules. On a rival view, it means continually adapting to one's ethical context in a way that allows one to be recognized as the same practical agent. Focusing on his thinking about repetition, I show how Kierkegaard offers a critical perspective on both these views. From this perspective, neither view can do justice to our vulnerability to certain kinds of crisis, in which our ethical self‐understanding is radically undermined. I further examine his alternative account of ethical constancy, by clarifying Kierkegaard's idea of a ‘second ethics’, as addressed to those who feel ethically powerless and as requiring an ongoing process of self‐transformation.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Philosophical, Historical and Interdisciplinary Studies, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2018 09:15 |
Last Modified: | 16 May 2024 19:04 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/23032 |