This undergraduate dissertation delves into the question of how we can understand
morality through the lens of phenomenology. The classical divide between moral
realism and antirealism misses the vibrant and complex nature of people and the world
we inhabit. The modern world is full of traps, which make an inflexible, strict criterion
unrealistic, however we can still avoid the fall into absolute moral relativism. Through
understanding time, a key element of human existence, we can search for hidden
truths about the nature of morality, buried deep in phenomenological tradition. Our
limited supply of time, our thrownness into existence and our inevitable exit – These
are things that define every part of “being human” and every human activity. From our
mortality comes care, for ourselves and others, which is the fundamental building block
of morality as we know it. Care, however, might not be a phenomenon exclusive to
humans, but is rather woven into the nature of existence, care is the logically correct
choice, which evolution has been endorsing since the dawn of time.
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