An Examination of Ethics, Religion, and Their Relationship in the Work of Charles Taylor David Mcpherson Marquette University
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by epublications@Marquette Marquette University e-Publications@Marquette Dissertations (2009 -) Dissertations, Theses, and Professional Projects Re-Enchanting The orW ld: An Examination Of Ethics, Religion, And Their Relationship In The Work Of Charles Taylor David McPherson Marquette University Recommended Citation McPherson, David, "Re-Enchanting The orldW : An Examination Of Ethics, Religion, And Their Relationship In The orkW Of Charles Taylor" (2013). Dissertations (2009 -). Paper 280. http://epublications.marquette.edu/dissertations_mu/280 RE-ENCHANTING THE WORLD: AN EXAMINATION OF ETHICS, RELIGION, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP IN THE WORK OF CHARLES TAYLOR by David McPherson, B.A., M.A. A Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Milwaukee, Wisconsin August 2013 ABSTRACT RE-ENCHANTING THE WORLD: AN EXAMINATION OF ETHICS, RELIGION, AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP IN THE WORK OF CHARLES TAYLOR David McPherson, B.A., M.A. Marquette University, 2013 In this dissertation I examine the topics of ethics, religion, and their relationship in the work of Charles Taylor. I take Taylor’s attempt to confront modern disenchantment by seeking a kind of re-enchantment as my guiding thread. Seeking re-enchantment means, first of all, defending an ‘engaged realist’ account of strong evaluation, i.e., qualitative distinctions of value that are seen as normative for our desires. Secondly, it means overcoming self-enclosure and achieving self-transcendence, which I argue should be understood in terms of transcending a ‘lower’ mode of selfhood for a ‘higher’ one in concern for ‘strong goods’.
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