On Sentimental Reflection of Moral Approval/Disapproval
Moral approval without presupposing any moral judgement is the central theoretical problem of moral sentimentalism.In this case,sentimental reflection is the key theoretical problem of moral sentimentalism.Western moral sentimentalists have taken hardship/happiness and warm/chilling as two basic sentimental reflection of moral approval/disapproval since the 18th century.The paper is against the two basic viewpoints,holds that the sentimental reflection of moral approval/disapproval contains both subjective and objective elements,to be specific,the Yin/Yang understood as receptivity and directed purpose/impulse is the real sentimental reflection of moral approval/disapproval.
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