Open AccessA Critical note on Moral emotions and social moral conflicts
Author(s) -
Paniel Osberto Reyes Cárdenas
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
metafísica y persona
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1989-4996
DOI - 10.24310/metyper.2020.vi24.10037
Subject(s) - shame , empathy , conscience , consciousness , psychology , social psychology , compassion , space (punctuation) , social consciousness , moral psychology , epistemology , philosophy , theology , linguistics , neuroscience
I propose in this critical note to reintegrate the place of moral emotions in the space of reasons by establishing a conception of moral conscience as a high degree of consciousness following Hegel’s ideas on consciousness. The space is significantly enlarged by the emotions of empathy, guilt, shame and compassion, these emotions allow us to bring to consciousness reflective control without jettisoning away negative emotions contrary to these, and, then, in such space we increase reflective control relative to our moral lives.