Author : Cordie Jacob Culp
Release : 2015-06-16
Genre : Philosophy
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Download or read book The Ethical Ideal of Renunciation a Thesis written by Cordie Jacob Culp. This book was released on 2015-06-16. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ethical Ideal of Renunciation a Thesis The problem of renunciation arises in connection with the newer and more profound conception of the moral life, as it has been developed by modern writers. According to the traditional view, the ethical decision and moral choice had to do with one or other of the peculiar functions of consciousness, as feeling or intellect, sensibility or reason. Thus arose the dualism which occasioned the sharp conflict between Epicureanism and Stoicism, the ideal of the former being the enjoyment of life, while the latter made life a matter of obligation. This dualism persisted in modern thinking in the form of Hedonism on the one hand and Rationalism on the other with a constant conflict which served in time to reveal the inadequacy of either conception to meet the ethical demands of humanity. Hedonism possessed material and content in sensibility but lacked form and a regulating principle, while Rationalism had the form and regulating principle but lacked material and content. Consequently there was a search for a reconciling principle which would recognize the rights of both Hedonism and Rationalism. This search resulted in the conclusion that life must be conceived as an unit which took the form of Eudaemonism, where self-realization through the aesthetical impulse was the ideal, or Rigorism, where the religious influence was paramount. Both views apprehended life as a whole but where Eudaemonism counselled man to accept life, Rigorism demanded that he reject it. Therefore, the distinction which now obtains in the moral field, instead of forcing the ethical subject to choose between separate functions of consciousness, man is called upon to regard his life as an unity and upon this basis to either assert his life as a whole or deny it. Thus arises our problem of renunciation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.