Abstract
This chapter explores the claim that our nature as loving beings can explain our nature as moral beings. Are we able to make sense of such a claim and if so, how? This chapter aims to offer a possible philosophical answer by distinguishing among several kinds of loves and relating them to what I call different moral dimensions of our existence. The moral dimensions that I distinguish correspond to dimensions that philosophers have traditionally applied to explain our nature as moral beings. If my answer is appealing, then we have a naturalized account of morality that leaves space for a variety of philosophical views.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Neuroexistentialism |
| Subtitle of host publication | Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience |
| Editors | Gregg Caruso, Owen Flanagan |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Chapter | 3 |
| Pages | 38-53 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780190460723 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
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Keywords
- Love
- Morality
- C.S. Lewis
Cite this
Sie, M. (2018). All You Need is Love(s): Exploring the Biological Platform of Morality. In G. Caruso, & O. Flanagan (Eds.), Neuroexistentialism: Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience (pp. 38-53). New York: Oxford University Press.