Naslov
Revealing Moral Dimension of Identity: Charles Taylor on Identity and the Good

Autori
Vidanec, Dafne

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Skup
19. dani Frane Petrića

Mjesto i datum
Cres, Hrvatska, 19.09.2010. - 22.09.2010

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Charles Taylor; Identity; Self; Good; (Ideal of) Morality; Meaning of Life; Strong Evaluation; Identity Crisis

Sažetak
When we speak of identity issue from the philosophical standpoint, it is of crucial importance to mention that we are dealing with a theme which is, by its own nature, very complex and hard to understand, and that is because of fact that identity issue can be approached from very different theoretical positions classified as psychological (Locke, Hume, Freud), socio-biological (Butler, Parfit) and so-called narrative (Taylor) theories. The last one, which is mostly proclaimed by contemporary Canadian thinker Charles Taylor, is of our major concern in this elaboration. Taylor’s central thesis is that we have to be rightly placed in relation to the good. Regarding to Taylor’s conception of identity, this thesis, as I intent to show in the following lines, reveals two fundamental elements that structures our awareness of existence beyond empirically approved facts: 1) teleological element: as living – biological creatures gifted with the capacity of self-evaluation and self-estimation, we circulate inside of the moral space whose boundaries are defined by some higher sense of meaning – of good ; 2) dialogical element: we are rational creatures defined by our own way of expressing of sense of selfhood – of personal identity which includes both personal and social aspect. It is author’s obligation to mention that this elaboration rose from author’s long time prepared investigations of Taylor’s moral theory and includes segments that belong to the larger academic and research project that will be announced here throughout represented context. The main references of Taylor’s conception of identity that author intent to discuss here are structured according to its technical nature of investigation as it follows: in the first part of the elaboration the author will discuss about some peculiarities of Taylor’s moral theory and its methodological and epistemological basis. The second part of this elaboration will be oriented to Taylor’s understanding of the self-concept and its role in forming (one’s) model of morality.

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Engleski

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