Practical Coherence, Moral Truth and Self-Sacrifice
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Andrea Bertino [1]
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[1] Georg August Universität Göttingen
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- Localización: Giornale di Metafisica: revista bimestrale di filosofia, ISSN 0017-0372, Vol. 39, Nº. 1, 2017 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Filosofia e dialogo tra le religioni / coord. por Francesco Camera, Roberto Celada Ballanti), págs. 317-337
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This paper considers the moral meaning of actions corresponding to the moral statements of the agent in order to clarify the discursive logic which underpins the evaluation of moral judgement on the basis of coherent conduct. Firstly, those cases are considered in which the ascription of truthvalue to moral statements is made dependent on the practical coherence of the agent. Secondly, it is shown that the concepts of authenticity and integrity are to be introduced in order to increase the truth-making value of practical coherence; particularly, it is shown that linking integrity with moral truth is plausible when integrity is considered as an epistemic virtue. In the third part, the discursive practice of linking moral truth and integrity will be considered from a narrativehermeneutic ethical point of view, depicting how the metaphor of self-sacrifice is involved in it.
