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Conscience and coherence between the two-in-one. A phenomenological approach to Arendt’s conception of moral conduct

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Abstract

Abstract In this article we propose an approach to the phenomenon of moral behavior based on the philosophy of Hannah Arendt. This phenomenon will be analyzed from the conscience’s manifestations, showing that searching for coherence of the self with itself would not only imply the participation of the faculties of thinking and judgment but also of memory, productive and reproductive imagination, and the will. Following the distinction of the «moments» of Arendtian conscience mentioned by Jerome Kohn in the notes to Responsibility and Judgment, we analyze how the indicated faculties participate in the manifestation of conscience as 1. Witness, 2. That which judges in myself about myself, 3. My faculty of judgment and 4. An inner voice, this for the purpose of understanding its participation in moral conduct.

Translated title of the contributionConCienCia moral y CoherenCia entre el dos-en-uno. una aproximaCión fenomenológiCa a la ConCepCión arendtiana de ConduCta moral
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)39-81
Number of pages43
JournalClaridades
Volume17
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Dec 2025

Bibliographical note

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© (2025), (Universidad de Malaga). All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Conciencia moral
  • conducta moral
  • Conscience
  • Hannah Arendt
  • juicio
  • memoria
  • memory
  • moral behavior
  • pensamiento
  • thinking judment
  • voluntad
  • will

Types Minciencias

  • Artículos de investigación con calidad Q4

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