Making sense of the self
An integrative framework for moral agency
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8975709 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Udo Pesch (0000-0002-8980-5205, Technology, Policy and Management Delft University of Technology Delft Netherlands, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 119-130 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8308 • E-ISSN: 1468-5914 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jtsb.12230 |
| OpenAlex | W2995820615 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 52 |
The self is conceptualized in a multitude of ways in different scholarly fields; at the same time moral agency appears to presuppose a unitary conception of the self. This paper explores this tension by introducing ‘moral senses’ which inform the normative evaluations of a person. The moral senses are featured as innate dispositions, but they inevitably recruit discursive categorizations in order to function. These senses forward both an ‘individual self’, by experiencing a unitary body, mind and character, and a ‘social self’, that is similarly experienced as a body, a mind, and a character. This social self is enabled by the capacity to internalize other people's feelings and intentions and the need to have otherworldly explanations for observable reality. This integrative framework of moral senses provides an understanding that helps to address the challenge of moral heterogeneity and plurality
Agency (philosophy · Character (mathematics · Epistemology · Feeling · Function (biology · Moral agency · Moral character · Moral disengagement · Multitude · Normative · Self · Sociology · Unitary state · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Psychology of Social Influence · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |