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- Title
SHAFTESBURY'DE AHLAKIN TEMELİ: AHLAK DUYGUSU.
- Authors
ALTUNIŞIK, MEHMET AKİF
- Abstract
In this study, the moral sense theory of Shaftesbury, who is one of the British philosophers of the eighteenth century, is discussed. Suggesting that the moral sense is a natural sense, Shaftesbury claims that one is able to know what is right or wrong thanks to this sense, and that is why the moral sense is the basis of morality. According to Shaftesbury, the moral sense is a natural faculty as faculties of sight and hearing. He thinks preventing the moral sense from degeneration due to various reasons and improving its competence is only possible with a thorough education. Also, he does not deny the fact that individuals want to act for their own interests, however, he supports the idea stating that self-interest and society's interest are in accord with each other and moral goodness exists thanks to this accord. Opposing the egoist morality and malicious human nature mentality, Shaftesbury believes that morality is objective and autonomous. The moral sense theory of Shaftesbury, who is acknowledged as the pioneer of moral sentimentalism, is significantly different from the following theories of emotive morals. Because, besides regarding the moral sense as the basis of morality, he also thinks that reason should be involved in order for emotion to be functional. The moral theory of Shaftesbury is particularly significant since it approaches human holistically within the context of emotion-reason.
- Subjects
HUMAN behavior; PHILOSOPHERS; EIGHTEENTH century; RIGHT &; wrong; CONDUCT of life; SELF-interest
- Publication
OMUIFD: Ondokuz Mayis University Review of the Faculty of Divinity / Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi İlahiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 2020, Issue 48, p335
- ISSN
1300-3003
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17120/omuifd.718958