Funkcje mądrości praktycznej w etyce Paula Ricoeura

Ewelina Katarzyna Pyrka

doi:10.31648/hip.2628

Published: 2018-12-211

No. 24 (2018)

Functions of Practical Wisdom in Paul Ricoeur’s Ethics

Ewelina Katarzyna Pyrka

Humanities and Natural Sciences

Section: articles

https://doi.org/10.31648/hip.2628

Abstract

This article presents a view of Paul Ricoeur’s approach to practical wisdom. The main aim is to check how his proposition enables an assessment of the phenomena which adversely affect our critical abilities; this assessment is presented in the light of the views of other contemporary thinkers, such as Alasdair MacIntyre and Charles Taylor. The analysis conducted shows that practical wisdom creates a vision of the good life, builds bonds of friendship, and demands implementation of justice idea in a theological way. Confrontation of the issues approached by Ricoeur with the specificity of the culture of neutral liberalism makes it possible to state that, nowadays, the possibility of questioning one's moral judgments has been limited, which is the basic skill of phrónimos – the practically wise man.

Keywords:

happiness, phrónesis, rationality, friendship, justice, individualism, teleology

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Pyrka, E. K. (2018). Functions of Practical Wisdom in Paul Ricoeur’s Ethics. Humanities and Natural Sciences, (24), 471–487. https://doi.org/10.31648/hip.2628

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