Pseudo-Subjectivism in Ethics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9689524 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R E Jennings (Simon Fraser University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 515-518 |
| Publication date | 1974-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300027803 |
| OpenAlex | W2134058306 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Genuine ethical subjectivism is a kind of logical autism, uncurable by distinctions. It is, roughly put, that attitude according to which duty is discoverable by introspection. What I wish to call pseudo-subjectivism is more akin to an anxiety neurosis. It is a more common disturbance than the genuine form of the disease, but, happily, is easily cured without recourse to clinical treatment, by therapy than can be self-administered in the privacy of one's study. Every man his own analyst. Pseudo-subjectivism is an anxiety syndrome associated with the view that one ought to do what one thinks one ought to do. The cure consists in becoming reassured that this need not be genuine subjectivism at all. The purpose of this paper is to provide that reassurance
Anxiety · Epistemology · Introspection · Neurosis · Psychiatry · Psychoanalysis · Psychotherapist · Subjectivism · Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare · Ethics in medical practice · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1975 - 1975 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |