Confronting the experiential dimension of value, this paper critiques rationalist models for reducing axiology to discrete, measurable actions. Echoing Edmund Husserl’s critique of the “mathematization” of nature, it posits that rationalist axiology substitutes measurable behaviours for the lived quality of value itself. Using Maxine Sheets-Johnstone’s phenomenology of dance, the analysis...
Anger, according to many theorists, represents an act of wrongdoing. Forgiveness puts an end to anger, and it is often earned by repairing the harm done to the victim. However, it is hard to square this view of anger with the following facts: that successfully repairing the harm is neither necessary nor sufficient for earning forgiveness, and that it is necessary for the wrongdoer to...