Abstract

All moral traditions have some deep conventions. In sound moral traditions, Deep conventions protect universal and necessary conditions of human welfare. One type of moral horror occurs when moral agents realize that they have performed characteristic actions by which they have unknowingly and unintentionally violated deep conventions of their moral tradition. This type of moral horror has a dual significance for morality. Its occurrence shows that morality is wider than the domain of human autonomy. Also, The experience of moral horror signifies that morality is at least partly objective. The discussion is conducted in terms of a classic case of moral horror: sophocles' oedipus