The Contemporary Ethical Turn: regression and progress controversy in the Ethical Thought. Critical analytical approach https://aif-doi.org/AJHSS/107004

Abstract

This research falls within Moral philosophy, as it deals with the issue of the ethical turn, i.e. the evolution of Moral philosophy from being a theoretical philosophy to being an applied philosophy.

    The aim is to answer the following question: Does this turn represent progress in Moral philosophy, or represent a regression to it?

    In order to answer this question, we have adopted a dialectical approach, where we analyzed and criticized the (Thesis) that says that this turn represents a regression in moral thought, then we dealt with the (Antithesis) which states that this turn represents progress in ethical thought, and in the Synthetic situation we tried to find a way out of the crisis of moral philosophy.

     By following this approach, we concluded a number of results, the most important of which are:

-Applied ethics has its importance, and it is evident in its linking Moral philosophy to people's every day real life and the resulting ethical problems in various fields, and the practical solutions it provided to them.

 - Applied ethics is criticized for its fall into moral relativism and its lack of moral normativity, which can be considered a retreat in the philosophy of morals in view of the resulting ethical crises.

- The synthetic position represents a practical solution to this ethical deviation, by adopting a discourse that calls for the necessity of renewing moral thought without falling into excessive relativism.

Overcoming the crisis of ethics depends on linking morals to religion, as sought by the “EITEMENIA theory” of “Taha Abd al-Rahman”, taking into account the epistemological and practical problems facing this discourse, which requires philosophers to do more thought and moral theorizing.

Keywords: the ethical turn, Moral philosophy, theoretical ethics, practical ethics, applied ethics, the new ethical thought.