Morality and mysticism
Goran M. Stojanović
Социолошки дискурс November 6, 2017 DOI: 10.7251/socen1305067s (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Mysticism |
| Citations | 1 |
| Key points | Argues that mystical experience, understood as a common experience expressed differently across religious esoteric traditions, does not necessarily lead to morality and therefore is not justified as a foundation for ethics. |
Abstract
In classical ethical theory it is a customary to base morality with: revelation,evolution, utilitarianism, deontology, intuition and mystical experience. Th isarticle considers only the last foundation of morality, in a mystical experience.In doing so, mysticism is understood broadly, and it represents the identicalexperience, though diff erently expressed in the esoteric tradition of diff erentreligions. Th e ethical problem is that such experience does not necessarily leadto morality. Looking mysticism in general, it is not justifi ed to use it for ethicalfoundation of morality.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on mysticism, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| The mystical mind: probing the biology of religious experience | 2000 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Religious and Mystical Experiences as Artifacts of Temporal Lobe Function: A General Hypothesis | 1983 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The Problem of Pure Consciousness: Mysticism and Philosophy | 1993 | Edited collection of essays | |
| Irreducible Mind: Toward a Psychology for the 21st Century | 2020 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Mysticism and schizophrenia: A phenomenological exploration of the structure of consciousness in the schizophrenia spectrum disorders. | 2016 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |