Remorse and Self-love: Kostelnicka's Change of Heart

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216275%3A25210%2F21%3A39917929" target="_blank" >RIV/00216275:25210/21:39917929 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10892-021-09378-y" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10892-021-09378-y</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10892-021-09378-y" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10892-021-09378-y</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Remorse and Self-love: Kostelnicka's Change of Heart

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Does remorse imply self-hatred? In this paper, I argue that self-hatred is a false response to one&apos;s wrongdoing because it is corrupted by the vice of pride, which affects the perception of its object. To identify the detrimental operation of pride, I propose to study the process of change of heart and its impediments. I use the example of Kostelnicka, from Janacek&apos;s opera Jenufa, to show that the impediment to remorse is active already as a source of wrongdoing and self-deception. I identify three different aspects of Kostelnicka&apos;s pride: social ambition, defensive anger, and moral ambition. I show that it is pride as moral ambition that prevents the wrongdoer&apos;s acknowledgment of her blameworthiness by causing her obsession with her blameless self-image and corrupting her self-love. In the last part of the paper, I reject Kostelnicka&apos;s initial self-hatred before her change of heart, because it is not based on an accurate judgement of her agency. Kostelnicka&apos;s true remorse is thereupon connected with her inner transformation towards humility and with a reorientation of her attention towards the victim of her wrongdoing, as testified in her plea for forgiveness. The implied moral improvement and reconstitution of her relationship to herself and others opens the way for her coming to terms with her guilt.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Remorse and Self-love: Kostelnicka's Change of Heart

Popis výsledku anglicky

Does remorse imply self-hatred? In this paper, I argue that self-hatred is a false response to one&apos;s wrongdoing because it is corrupted by the vice of pride, which affects the perception of its object. To identify the detrimental operation of pride, I propose to study the process of change of heart and its impediments. I use the example of Kostelnicka, from Janacek&apos;s opera Jenufa, to show that the impediment to remorse is active already as a source of wrongdoing and self-deception. I identify three different aspects of Kostelnicka&apos;s pride: social ambition, defensive anger, and moral ambition. I show that it is pride as moral ambition that prevents the wrongdoer&apos;s acknowledgment of her blameworthiness by causing her obsession with her blameless self-image and corrupting her self-love. In the last part of the paper, I reject Kostelnicka&apos;s initial self-hatred before her change of heart, because it is not based on an accurate judgement of her agency. Kostelnicka&apos;s true remorse is thereupon connected with her inner transformation towards humility and with a reorientation of her attention towards the victim of her wrongdoing, as testified in her plea for forgiveness. The implied moral improvement and reconstitution of her relationship to herself and others opens the way for her coming to terms with her guilt.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60302 - Ethics (except ethics related to specific subfields)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF15_003%2F0000425" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000425: Centrum pro etiku</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Ethics

ISSN

1382-4554

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

25

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

CH - Švýcarská konfederace

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

467-486

Kód UT WoS článku

000688607900001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85113303811