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LOSS OF SELF AS ETHICAL LIMIT
Author(s) -
Brintnall Kent L.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of religious ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1467-9795
pISSN - 0384-9694
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9795.2012.00535.x
Subject(s) - sadistic personality disorder , environmental ethics , disposition , psychology , epistemology , sociology , psychoanalysis , engineering ethics , philosophy , social psychology , personality , engineering , personality disorders
This Comment argues that Stephen Bush's critique of Georges Bataille's meditative practice fails to recognize how the disruption of the self, and the challenge to goal‐oriented activity that comprise the heart of that practice, serve as an ethical limit that protects against sadistic and violent engagement with the world. The ethical disposition fostered by Bataille's practice is a dissolution of the self.