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Constructivism in ethics /
Ten specially written essays define the term 'constructivism' and ask crucial questions about the foundation of morality.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Constructivism in Ethics; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 Constructivism and Kantian arguments; 2 Constructivism, realism, and cognitivism; 3 Constructivism, moral norms, and normative practices; CHAPTER One Moral skepticism, constructivism, and the value of humanity; 1 Korsgaard on moral realism and moral skepticism; 2 Korsgaard on the Formula of Humanity; 3 Kant on the Formula of Humanity; 3.1 Paragraph 1: 427.19-428.2; 3.2 Paragraph 2: 428.3-6; 3.3 Paragraph 3: 428.7-33; 3.4 Paragraph 4: 428.34-429.14; 4 Concluding remarks.
- CHAPTER Two How not to be an ethical constructivist: A critique of Korsgaard's neo-Kantian constitutivism1 Introduction: realism, constructivism, and neo-Kantian constitutivism; 2 Instrumental normativity: an illustration and assessment of the self-constitution model; 3 Extending the model: self-constitution and moral normativity; 4 Conclusion: the failure of the extension of the model; CHAPTER Three Kant's constructivism; 1 Moral realism and constructivism; 2 Kant's account of value; 2.1 Kant on inner value; 2.2 No specification to the contrary; 2.3 Kant's arguments against value realism.
- 3 The content of the moral law3.1 Moral realism and the moral law; 3.2 Constructivism and the moral law; 3.3 Constitutivism and the moral law; 4 Obligation: the bindingness of the moral law; 5 Normative ethics; 6 Conclusion; CHAPTER Four Meta-ethics and its discontents: A case study of Korsgaard; 1 Introduction; 2 Meta-ethics and normative ethics; 3 Non-cognitivism; 3.1 The non-cognitivist interpretation of "the normativity of instrumental reason"; 3.2 Korsgaard's official rejection of non-cognitivism; 3.3 Constitution, inescapability, and necessity; 4 Conclusion.
- CHAPTER Five Is constructivism an alternative to moral realism?1 Some issues worth worrying about; 2 Kinds of meta-ethical constructivism; 3 The characterization of meta-ethical constructivism; 4 Meta-ethical constructivism and realism; 5 Meta-ethical constructivism and moral naturalism; 6 Non-constructivist sister theories; 7 Prospects for blockbuster arguments; 8 Conclusion; CHAPTER Six Constructivism and practical knowledge; 1 Two accounts of the moral capacity; 2 A constructivist alternative?; 3 Objectivity; 4 The moral capacity as the capacity for practical knowledge.
- 5 Constructivism and practical knowledge6 Concluding observation; CHAPTER Seven Constructivism about practical knowledge; 1 Christine Korsgaard's arguments against "applied knowledge"; 2 Practical knowledge vs. speculative knowledge; 3 Resetting the debate: Kantian constructivism about practical knowledge; 4 Practical reflection as self-legislation; 5 Knowing oneself as a practical subject: the emotional experience of respect; 6 Respect and the efficacy of practical reason; 7 The objection of subjectivism; CHAPTER Eight Constructivism and particularism.