The better angels of our nature: an exploration of constructivism in ethics, the normative dimension of peak experiences, and the phenomenology of meditation practice

The better angels of our nature: an exploration of constructivism in ethics, the normative dimension of peak experiences, and the phenomenology of meditation practice

This thesis is about constructivism in ethics. More specifically, it is about an unusual and little-known meta-ethical theory called ‘Humean constructivism’. I try to do three main things in this thesis. First, I try to illuminate a constellation of positions in logical space: Humean constructivism...

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Main Author: Mitchell, Maxwell
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
English
Published: 2023
Subjects:
Constructivism; Peak experiences; Meditation; Meta-ethics; Humean constructivism; Transcendent experiences; Mindfulness; Phenomenology; The self; Buddhism; Evolutionary psychology; Moral psychology; Kantian constructivism; Hypothetical amoralists; Amoralism; Subjectivism; Normative reasons
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/76727/

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