Communicative Source of Moral Imperativity
Keywords:
morality, imperativity, normativity, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Michael Oakeshott, Homer, Ahiqar, the Golden RuleAbstract
The author argues that particular moral decisions and actions are determined by actual experience of human relations rather than by general principles only; moral imperativity may be presented either in normative form, or through immediate reactions to other persons; people estimate their own and others’ decisions, intended and performed actions according to the values and principles presented in the given culture.