The emotional basis of moralityIs autonomy still possible?
ISSN: 0120-5323
Argitalpen urtea: 2009
Zenbakien izenburua: Voces filosóficas femeninas
Alea: 26
Zenbakia: 53
Orrialdeak: 195-217
Mota: Artikulua
Beste argitalpen batzuk: Universitas Philosophica
Laburpena
The present paper is focused on how the acceptance of the emotional basis of morality can change the way we approach moral problems, concretely the case of moral autonomy. Is it posible to include the role of emotions in moral agency without losing moral autonomy? Simultaneously, it seems hard provide an account on moral agency without accepting as a premise the existence of moral autonomy. Thus, all this lead us to a picture where the assumtion of a premise (“emotions are a precondition to moral agency”) implies the denial of another one (“autonomy is a precondition to moral agency”), and viceversa. With regard to this paradox, the question is therefore how these two facts —that we are necessarily emotional and autonomous— can become compatible. In this sense, I will argue that emotions are not an obstacle but a necessary element to moral autonomy.