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What is the primary focus of the affective mode of consciousness?
What is the primary focus of the affective mode of consciousness?
Why are feelings more difficult to hide than thinking?
Why are feelings more difficult to hide than thinking?
What is the primary difference between knowing and feeling a value?
What is the primary difference between knowing and feeling a value?
What do intensity of feelings indicate?
What do intensity of feelings indicate?
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How do feelings primarily respond to the world?
How do feelings primarily respond to the world?
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What is the result of controlling feelings?
What is the result of controlling feelings?
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What is the primary focus of evaluation in terms of right or wrong?
What is the primary focus of evaluation in terms of right or wrong?
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What is the significance of sharing one's feelings with others?
What is the significance of sharing one's feelings with others?
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What is the characteristic of spiritual feelings that sets them apart from other types of feelings?
What is the characteristic of spiritual feelings that sets them apart from other types of feelings?
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What is the relationship between values and the human mind?
What is the relationship between values and the human mind?
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What is the hierarchical order of values, from highest to lowest?
What is the hierarchical order of values, from highest to lowest?
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What is the characteristic of higher values that allows them to generate other values?
What is the characteristic of higher values that allows them to generate other values?
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Study Notes
Feelings and Reason
- Feelings are a natural and essential part of human experience, and what we do with them determines whether our actions are ethical or unethical.
- There are different modes of consciousness, including affective (emotional) and cognitive (thinking) modes.
Nature of Feeling
- Feelings involve being involved in or connected to something, such as a person, concept, or process.
- Feelings can be in the foreground or background, depending on their intensity.
- Feelings are closely tied to the body and are often expressed through body language.
- Controlling feelings also involves controlling their expression.
- Feelings are more intimate and difficult to hide than thoughts.
Object of Feeling: Value
- The object of a feeling is a value, such as knowing that smoking is bad for one's health.
- The intensity of a feeling indicates its valuation of a fact.
- It is not feelings that are right or wrong, but the choices and actions that arise from them.
Importance of Feeling
- Being aware of one's feelings helps to understand what one is involved with.
- Sharing feelings with others is important, as it relates to the body and its connection to others.
- Sharing the feelings of others is also important, as it reveals the intimate core of a person.
- Confidentiality is important when sharing feelings.
Phenomenology of Feelings
- There are four levels of emotional life: sensible feelings, feelings of the lived body, psychic feelings, and spiritual feelings.
- Spiritual feelings are intentional and directed towards an object or value.
- Psychic feelings, feeling-states, and sensible feelings may or may not be directed towards a value.
Philosophy of Value
- Values are a particular class of ideal objects that are objects of feelings.
- Values are qualities that are different from goods or carriers of value.
- Values are objective, eternal, and immutable, but related to the subject and social or historical contingent factors.
- Values are given to us immediately in acts of preferring, such as love and hatred.
Hierarchy of Value
- Holy and unholy values appear on objects given as absolute objects.
- Spiritual values include justice, truth, and aesthetic values.
- Vital values include the noble and the vulgar.
- Sensory values include the pleasant and the unpleasant.
Characteristics of Higher Values
- Higher values have the ability to endure.
- They generate other values.
- They are indivisible.
- They provide deeper satisfaction.
- They are independent of the experiencing organism.
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Description
Explore the role of feelings and reason in moral decision-making, including the 7-step moral reasoning model and the importance of impartiality. Learn how to navigate complex ethical dilemmas.
