Passages Through the Heart: A Hermeneutic of Choice
- 1 January 1995
- book chapter
- Published by SAGE Publications
Abstract
What is human choice in a society where violence is commonplace and vulnerability has become reactive rather than a signpost of options? The interpretation of the experience of choice depends on the standpoint and viewpoint of the person faced with the choice. This chapter is developed as a hermeneutic of choice and on the origins of ethical awareness. Experiential cues serve as indicators for choice in which right relationships can be discerned illuminating various right human actions that could be taken. In the existential literature, Green's (1988) viewpoint on freedom assumes there are available options to be pursued without internal or external constraint for choice to exist. This chapter focuses on ...Keywords
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