The phenomenology of moral intuition
Journal article
Audi, Robert. (2022). The phenomenology of moral intuition. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice. 25, pp. 53-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-021-10245-w
Authors | Audi, Robert |
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Abstract | Moral judgment commonly depends on intuition. It is also true, though less widely agreed, that ethical theory depends on it. The nature and epistemic status of intuition have long been concerns of philosophy, and, with the increasing importance of ethical intuitionism as a major position in ethics, they are receiving much philosophical attention. There is growing agreement that intuition conceived as a kind of seeming is essential for both the justification of moral judgment and the confirmation of ethical theories. This paper describes several importantly different kinds of intuition, particularly the episodic kinds often called seemings. This is done partly by sketching numerous examples of intuition. Intuitive seemings and moral judgments based on them differ in content, basis, epistemic authority, and phenomenology. The paper explores these four dimensions of intuition and, in doing so, compares moral intuition with moral perception. The overall aim is to clarify moral phenomenology both descriptively and epistemologically and to support the view that intuitions are often discriminative responses to experience and have justificatory power analogous to the power of sense-perceptions. |
Keywords | emotion; moral experience; moral judgment; perception; phenomenal episode; recognition; seeming |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Ethical Theory and Moral Practice |
Journal citation | 25, pp. 53-69 |
Publisher | Springer |
ISSN | 1386-2820 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10677-021-10245-w |
PubMed ID | 35018134 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85122726742 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC8736289 |
Page range | 53-69 |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 07 Jan 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 05 Oct 2021 |
Deposited | 16 May 2023 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8z04y/the-phenomenology-of-moral-intuition
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