The Understanding of Value and the Value of Understanding

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dc.contributor.advisorKriegel, Uriahen_US
dc.creatorWigglesworth, Loganen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-22T22:19:08Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-01-22T22:19:08Zen_US
dc.date.created2024-05en_US
dc.date.issued2024-01-16en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2024en_US
dc.date.updated2024-01-22T22:19:08Zen_US
dc.descriptionEMBARGO NOTE: This item is embargoed until 2030-05-01en_US
dc.description.abstractEpistemologists have distinguished mere knowledge from understanding. When one understands a proposition, one has a deeper grasp of its truth. This same distinction applies in the moral domain. One can merely know a moral proposition, for instance through testimony, without really having a deep understanding of it. My dissertation defends an affective account of moral understanding. Using phenomenological considerations, I first argue that emotional experiences allow us to grasp, and thus understand, moral propositions about specific acts and individuals. I then argue that emotional dispositions are the essence of understanding general moral principles. This account avoids problems with inferentialist accounts and also explains why certain moral propositions seem to defy human comprehension.en_US
dc.embargo.lift2030-05-01en_US
dc.embargo.terms2030-05-01en_US
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dc.identifier.citationWigglesworth, Logan. "The Understanding of Value and the Value of Understanding." (2024) PhD diss., Rice University. https://hdl.handle.net/1911/115357en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/115357en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectMoral Understandingen_US
dc.subjectemotionen_US
dc.subjectphenomenologyen_US
dc.titleThe Understanding of Value and the Value of Understandingen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPhilosophyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineHumanitiesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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