Title

Moral Agency, Self-Consciousness, And Practical Wisdom

Abstract

This paper argues that self-consciousness and moral agency depend crucially on both embodied and social aspects of human existence, and that the capacity for practical wisdom, phronesis, is central to moral personhood. The nature of practical wisdom is elucidated by drawing on rival analyses of expertise. Although ethical expertise and practical wisdom differ importantly, they are alike in that we can acquire them only in interaction with other persons and through habituation. The analysis of moral agency and practical wisdom is framed by Dennett's proposal that moral personhood requires satisfaction of six conditions, including self-consciousness.

Publication Date

5-1-2007

Publication Title

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volume

14

Issue

5-6

Number of Pages

199-223

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

34547336556 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/34547336556

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