Constructivism in ethics / edited by Carla Bagnoli.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bagnoli, Carla, 1966- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constructivism (Philosophy).

Ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 258 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Are there such things as moral truths? How do we know what we should do? And does it matter? Constructivism states that moral truths are neither invented nor discovered, but rather are constructed by rational agents in order to solve practical problems. While constructivism has become the focus of many philosophical debates in normative ethics, meta-ethics and action theory, its importance is still to be fully appreciated. These new essays written by leading scholars define and assess this new approach in ethics, addressing such questions as the nature of constructivism, how constructivism improves our understanding of moral obligations, how it accounts for the development of normative practices, whether moral truths change over time, and many other topics. The volume will be valuable for advanced students and scholars of ethics and all who are interested in questions about the foundation of morality.

Contents:

Introduction / Carla Bagnoli

Moral skepticism, constructivism, and the value of humanity / Robert Stern

How not to be an ethical constructivist : a critique of Korsgaard's neo-Kantian constitutivism / William J. FitzPatrick

Kant's constructivism / Oliver Sensen

Meta-ethics and its discontents : a case study of Korsgaard / Nadeem J.Z. Hussain and Nishi Shah

Is constructivism an alternative to moral realism? / David Copp

Constructivism and practical knowledge / Stephen Engstrom

Constructivism about practical knowledge / Carla Bagnolia

Constructivism and particularism / Mark LeBar

Constructive complaints / Thomas Baldwin

Revising moral norms : pragmatism and the problem of perspicuous description / Henry S. Richardson.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-27244-0

1-139-89082-4

1-107-27184-3

1-107-54038-0

1-107-27393-5

1-139-09422-X

1-107-27516-4

1-107-27842-2

1-107-27719-1

OCLC:

853363927