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| Roles, philosophy: the expression role is usually used with an addition such as causal role, functional role, etc. It is signaled that a certain openness is required for a yet outstanding specification for a function within a system. In other words, there is a lack of knowledge concerning the object that performs the function. Linguistically, this is expressed by formulations like "Whatever plays the… role". An example from the philosophy of mind is the causal role of pain. See also functionalism._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Alasdair MacIntyre on Roles - Dictionary of Arguments
Brocker I 655 Roles/Modernism/Moral/Society/Culture/Emotivism/MacIntyre: MacIntyre Thesis: The loss of moral criteria in modernism, caused by the prevailing moral emotivism (see Emotivism/MacIntyre) leads to moral actors obeying a role play. (1) MacIntyre borrows the thesis of role-playing from Erving Goffman: Role/Goffman: Thesis: In our private and professional lives, whether we like it or not, we play roles that are judged by others. Ultimately, we judge ourselves by how well we play these roles. >Roles/Goffman. Brocker I 656 Moral/MacIntyre: The arbitrariness of moral viewpoints makes it possible "that the form of moral expressions provides a possible mask for almost every face."”(2). >Pluralism/MacIntyre. 1. Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue. A Study in Moral Theory, Notre Dame, Ind. 1981. Dt: Alasdair MacIntyre, Der Verlust der Tugend. Zur moralischen Krise der Gegenwart. Erweiterte Neuausgabe, Frankfurt/M. 2006 (zuerst 1987). p. 107. 2. Ibid. p. 151. Jürgen Goldstein, „Alasdair MacIntyre, Der Verlust der Tugend“ in: Manfred Brocker (Hg.) Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt/M. 2018_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
MacIntyre, Alasdair Brocker I Manfred Brocker Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert Frankfurt/M. 2018 |
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