Generosity of spirit and moral criticism: how the 'one who loves' overcomes self-righteousness

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/kierkegaards-works-of-love/generosity-of-spirit-and-moral-criticism/7FF4DAE8EFE722ED852AB6E78549328E" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/kierkegaards-works-of-love/generosity-of-spirit-and-moral-criticism/7FF4DAE8EFE722ED852AB6E78549328E</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781009416504" target="_blank" >10.1017/9781009416504</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Generosity of spirit and moral criticism: how the 'one who loves' overcomes self-righteousness

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This chapter focuses on the Works of Love deliberation “Love Hides a Multitude of Sins” (and, where relevant, Kierkegaard’s 1843 discourses on that topic), exploring the figure of the “one who loves” [den Kjerlige]. Drawing on the deliberation’s discussion of silence, mitigation explanations and forgiveness, and some arguments from my book Love’s Forgiveness about love’s way of seeing ambiguous evidence, I sketch the contours of a virtue manifested in den Kjerlige: generosity of spirit. I then ask: If we took seriously Kierkegaard’s portrait of den Kjerlige, what are the implications for contemporary moral and social discourse? How would such a person engage in moral criticism or social critique? What does this suggest about the controversial category of “microaggressions?” Through a consideration of “Love Hides” (section 1), some recent work on the ethics of “social punishment,” especially online public shaming (section 2), and contemporary debates about microaggressions (section 3), this exercise in “applied Kierkegaard” will argue that Kierkegaard’s deliberation offers an important counterweight to hyper-suspicion, judgementalism and self-righteousness in a polarized world.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Generosity of spirit and moral criticism: how the 'one who loves' overcomes self-righteousness

Popis výsledku anglicky

This chapter focuses on the Works of Love deliberation “Love Hides a Multitude of Sins” (and, where relevant, Kierkegaard’s 1843 discourses on that topic), exploring the figure of the “one who loves” [den Kjerlige]. Drawing on the deliberation’s discussion of silence, mitigation explanations and forgiveness, and some arguments from my book Love’s Forgiveness about love’s way of seeing ambiguous evidence, I sketch the contours of a virtue manifested in den Kjerlige: generosity of spirit. I then ask: If we took seriously Kierkegaard’s portrait of den Kjerlige, what are the implications for contemporary moral and social discourse? How would such a person engage in moral criticism or social critique? What does this suggest about the controversial category of “microaggressions?” Through a consideration of “Love Hides” (section 1), some recent work on the ethics of “social punishment,” especially online public shaming (section 2), and contemporary debates about microaggressions (section 3), this exercise in “applied Kierkegaard” will argue that Kierkegaard’s deliberation offers an important counterweight to hyper-suspicion, judgementalism and self-righteousness in a polarized world.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60302 - Ethics (except ethics related to specific subfields)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/LL2308" target="_blank" >LL2308: Morální povýšenost - neřest digitálního věku a její potírání</a><br>

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Kierkegaard&apos;s Works of Love : a critical guide

ISBN

978-1-00-941648-1

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

169-188

Počet stran knihy

300

Název nakladatele

Cambridge University Press

Místo vydání

Cambridge

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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