Heidegger And Moral Realism

Download or read book Heidegger and Moral Realism written by Anoop Gupta and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-11-11 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it possible to found a Heideggerian ethic around the notion of a relationship to being (Bezug zum Seyn)? Going against much of the Western tradition, Gupta considers if the being-relationship could result in a feeling or mystical experience that is the basis of ethics. Along the way, such an affective and embodied approach to ethics brings us into dialogue with a range of thinkers, such as Kant and Schweitzer. Further, it is suggested that an environmental philosophy is consistent with a Heideggerian ethics. Finally, recent research in the neurosciences is marshaled to at least show the plausibility of Heidegger's brand of moral realism as it is developed.