The types and role of substitutes in morality in terms of Dietrich von Hildebrand
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values, axiology, ethics, substitute for true morality, Dietrich von HildebrandAbstract
The phenomenological analysis of the world, first introduced by Dietrich von Hildebrand, is based on a rational intuition, which is directed towards analyzing the quality of content as opposed to the process of drawing conclusions. According to Hildebrand the intuitive description and insight into phenomena is the source of outstanding philosophical discoveries that bring out the specifics and essence of a given object.
The aforementioned direction is visible in Dietrich Hildebrand’s book co-written with Alice Jourdain in 1957. The main idea of Hildebrand’s axiological research is to identify a phenomenon of substitutional morality which, according to the philosopher, distorts the appropriate functioning of moral consciousness because of its attraction – being an effect of a compromise between pride and concupiscence and extra-moral values.
This essay is an attempt to present the way pseudo-norms function, their classification, and the seizure of qualitative differences appearing in this domain.
Another vital point in the article is the research concerning relative aspects of the nature of substitutes. It shows the mechanisms functioning within a substitute and it indicates the functioning of the components constituting it as a norm, which is structurally submerged in the moral sphere. This description allows for the distinction of a dual role of substitutes (destructive and positive) in an individual life.
The author tries to show, in the context of Hildebrand’s axiology, the mechanisms of relativistic perception of the moral sphere, as well as the threats resulting from the reality specified in this way.
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