Cadenza 1 the ethical difference wisdom under the sun and wisdom of the heart

pp. 129-139

in: Andrea Poma, Cadenzas, Berlin, Springer, 2017

Abstract

The distinction between nature and ethics is easily and straightforwardly recognisable in the difference between what is and what ought to be: such a definition is widely supported, almost like a platitude. However, generally accepted definitions and principles risk no longer undergoing discussion and critique, so that their meaning blurs and fades into the rituality of a premise that almost no longer belongs to philosophical discourse as its foundation and constituent element.