Constructivism in Ethics
About This Book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Constructivism in Ethics
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction
- CHAPTER One Moral skepticism, constructivism, and the value of humanity
- CHAPTER Two How not to be an ethical constructivist: A critique of Korsgaardâs neo-Kantian constitutivism
- CHAPTER Three Kantâs constructivism
- CHAPTER Four Meta-ethics and its discontents: A case study of Korsgaard
- CHAPTER Five Is constructivism an alternative to moral realism?
- CHAPTER Six Constructivism and practical knowledge
- CHAPTER Seven Constructivism about practical knowledge
- CHAPTER Eight Constructivism and particularism
- CHAPTER Nine Constructive complaints
- CHAPTER Ten Revising moral norms: Pragmatism and the problem of perspicuous description
- References
- Index