Morality and Mysticism

Stace and others maintain that mystical consciousness reveals the identity of selves and, therefore, provides a justification for altruism. Zaehner argues that some types of mystical consciousness apparently reveal the identity of such opposites as good and evil, and Danto holds that mystical consci...

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1. VerfasserIn: Wainwright, William J. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell 1976
In: Journal of religious ethics
Jahr: 1976, Band: 4, Heft: 1, Seiten: 29-36
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Zusammenfassung:Stace and others maintain that mystical consciousness reveals the identity of selves and, therefore, provides a justification for altruism. Zaehner argues that some types of mystical consciousness apparently reveal the identity of such opposites as good and evil, and Danto holds that mystical consciousness involves a transcendence of all distinctions, including moral distinctions. Thus, for both Zaehner and Danto mysticism undercuts morality. The author attempts to show that these positions are defective and suggests that there are no important epistemic or logical connections between mystical consciousness and morality.
ISSN:1467-9795
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics