Examining the position of emotions in the structure of moral values In the philosophy of Brentano and Scheler

Kiani, Farzad

doi:10.22096/ek.2023.1982783.1485

Examining the position of emotions in the structure of moral values In the philosophy of Brentano and Scheler

Document Type : Research Article

Author

Farzad Kiani

PhD student of Education Philosophy, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran.

10.22096/ek.2023.1982783.1485

Abstract

According to the founders of this philosophical school, the phenomenology of ethics was a way to criticize the structure of moral values in Kant's philosophy. Also, provide a new definition of moral values that is based on the truth of human existence. Francis Brentano and Max Scheler, as the founders of the phenomenology of ethics, tried to redefine the structures of moral values by relying on the phenomenological method against the concepts formed in pure practical reason. In their phenomenology of ethics, these two thinkers want to return feelings and emotions as the fundamental principle of human action to the structure of moral values and make it the center of their philosophy. But Brentano's and Scheler's views on the nature of moral values have fundamental differences. In fact, both thinkers use the phenomenological method to understand the nature of moral values, but Brentano has a desire for a psychological understanding of human nature with the help of epistemological foundations, and in contrast to Scheler, he is searching for the fact that with an ontological view of moral values, reveal with the divine command.

Keywords

Emotions

moral judgment

love

hate

value

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