Título: Ethics and awareness : a social psychological study of impediments to dynamic moral awareness
Autores: Arsenault, Kevin J.
Fecha: 1995
Publicador: McGill University - MCGILL
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Tipo: Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Tema: Ethics, Modern -- 20th century
Social ethics
Awareness
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Descripción: This study examines impediments to dynamic moral awareness. Following the understanding of knowledge developed by Michael Polanyi and Bernard Lonergan, ethics is presented not as a science of abstract norms and principles, but as a transformative science of reflection on moral activity. Drawing from the social sciences, negative structural patterns which corrupt transformative awareness are examined under the rubrics of self-deception, social ignorance, ideology, dependency and social conformity. These investigations identify and analyze sociological and psychological features of dynamic relationships preventing or corrupting processes of personal transformation and the building up of moral human community. At each stage of the study, the central role of economic and political structures and conditions influencing modern consciousness, and defining society, are taken into account. This research provides insights and analytical tools to increase our capacity to become aware of the subtle social psychological dynamics which stifle human creativity and block moral and social development within contemporary society.
Idioma: en