Ethical Constructivism

Author : Carla Bagnoli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107276550

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Constructivism in Ethics by Carla Bagnoli Pdf

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.

Author : Carla Bagnoli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108604307

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Ethical Constructivism by Carla Bagnoli Pdf

Ethical constructivism holds that truths about the relation between rationality, morality, and agency are best understood as constructed by correct reasoning, rather than discovered or invented. Unlike other metaphors used in metaethics, construction brings to light the generative and dynamic dimension of practical reason. On the resultant picture, practical reasoning is not only productive but also self-transforming, and socially empowering. The main task of this volume is to illustrate how constructivism has substantially modified and expanded the agenda of metaethics by refocusing on rational agency and its constitutive principles. In particular, this volume identifies, compares and discusses the prospects and failures of the main strands of constructivism regarding the powers of reason in responding to the challenges of contingency. While Kantian, Humean, Aristotelian, and Hegelian theories sharply differ in their constructivist strategies, they provide compelling accounts of the rational articulation required for an inclusive and unified ethical community.

Author : Carla Bagnoli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1108706606

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Ethical Constructivism by Carla Bagnoli Pdf

Author : Kevin Jung
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351593052

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Religious Ethics and Constructivism by Kevin Jung Pdf

In metaethics, there is a divide between those who believe that there exist moral facts independently of human interests and attitudes (i.e., moral realists) and those who don’t (i.e., antirealists). In the last half century, the field of religious ethics has been inundated with various antirealist schools of moral thought. Though there is a wide spectrum of different positons within antirealism, a majority of antirealist religious ethicists tend to see moral belief as an historically dependent social construction. This has created an environment where doing religious ethics in any metaphysically substantial sense is often seen not only as out of fashion but also as philosophically implausible. However, there is a lack of clarity as to what antirealists exactly mean by "construction" and what arguments they would use to support their views. Religious Ethics and Constructivism brings together a diverse group of scholars who represent different philosophical and theological outlooks to discuss the merits of constructivism vis-à-vis religious ethics. The essays explore four different kinds of constructivism in metaethics: social (or Hegelian) constructivism, Kantian constructivism, Humean constructivism, and theological constructivism. The overall aim of these essays is to foster dialogue between religious ethicists and moral philosophers, and to open the field religious ethics to the insights that can be provided by contemporary metaethics.

Author : David M. McCourt
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529217834

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The New Constructivism in International Relations Theory by David M. McCourt Pdf

Tracing constructivist work on culture, identity and norms within the historical, geographical and professional contexts of world politics, this book makes the case for new constructivist approaches to international relations scholarship.

Author : Sofia Bonicalzi,Leonardo Caffo,Mattia Sorgon
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-04-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443859370

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Naturalism and Constructivism in Metaethics by Sofia Bonicalzi,Leonardo Caffo,Mattia Sorgon Pdf

In this collection of essays, several authors, belonging to different generations and philosophical traditions, discuss ample ethical and metaethical issues together with their relations to questions of applied ethics. The volume provides a wide account of some of the main topics in these fields, thus dealing with nearly everything that human beings hold as valuable. Expert scholars and young researchers contribute to this virtual symposium, reframing the current philosophical debates about the definition and the history of the concept of Naturalism, the different declinations of Kantian Constructivism, the functioning of Rational Choice Theory, the complex role played by Neuroscience in redefining the contours of ethical theories and bioethics, the puzzles of Deontic Logic, and the bases of Animal Ethics. Divided into three sections, presented by comprehensive introductions by Sofia Bonicalzi, Leonardo Caffo and Mattia Sorgon, the present collection includes contributions by Martina Belmonte, Michele Borri, Luciana Ceri, Guglielmo Feis, Matteo Grasso, Andrea Lavazza, Sarah Songhorian, and Francesca Vitale. Each author develops a distinctive and independent position, while critically engaging with the central themes of contemporary reflection. This new, major study will benefit moral philosophers, philosophers of science, and scientists concerned with bioethics, while at the same time stimulating and challenging anyone who is curious about the nature and the origins of ethical and metaethical enquiries.

Author : Leslie P. Steffe,Patrick W. Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135699468

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Radical Constructivism in Action by Leslie P. Steffe,Patrick W. Thompson Pdf

Over the last twenty-five years Ernst von Glasersfeld has had a tremendous impact on mathematics and science education through his fundamental insights into the nature of knowledge and knowing. Radical Constructivism in Action is a new volume of papers honouring his work by building on his model of knowing. The contributions by leading researchers present constructivism in action, tying the authors' actions regarding practical problems of mathematics and science education, philosophy, and sociology to their philosophical constraints, giving meaning to constructivism operationally. The book begins with a retrospective analogy between radical constructivism's emergence and changes in what is thought of as "certain" scientific knowledge. It aims to increase understanding of constructivism and Glasersfeld's achievement, and is vibrant evidence of the continued vitality of research in the constructivism tradition.

Author : James Lenman,Yonatan Shemmer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191631191

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Constructivism in Practical Philosophy by James Lenman,Yonatan Shemmer Pdf

This volume presents twelve original papers on constructivism - some sympathetic, others critical - by a distinguished group of moral philosophers. 'Kantian constructivism holds that moral objectivity is to be understood in terms of a suitably constructed social point of view that all can accept. Apart from the procedure of constructing the principles of justice, there are no moral facts.' So wrote John Rawls in his highly influential 1980 Dewey lectures 'Kantian Constructivism in Moral Theory'. Since then there has been much discussion of constructivist understandings, Kantian or otherwise, both of morality and of reason more generally. Such understandings typically seek to characterize the truth conditions of propositions in their target domain in maximally metaphysically unassuming ways, frequently in terms of the outcome of certain procedures or the passing of certain tests, procedures or tests that speak to the distinctively practical concerns of deliberating human agents living together in societies. But controversy abounds over the interpretation and the scope as well as the credibility of such constructivist ideas. The essays collected here reach to the heart of this contemporary philosophical debate, and offer a range of new approaches and perspectives.

Author : Heather Salazar
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004471078

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Creating a Shared Morality by Heather Salazar Pdf

In Creating a Shared Morality, Heather Salazar develops a consistent and plausible account of ethical constructivism that rivals the traditional metaethical theories of realism and subjectivism (without lapsing into subjectivism as do previous constructivist attempts). Salazar’s Enlightenism argues that all people have moral obligations and that if they reflect well, they will naturally come to care about others as extensions of themselves. Enlightenism resolves difficulties within constructivism, builds bridges between the two traditional Western views of metaethics and employs concepts from Eastern (Buddhist) philosophy. It embraces universal morality while elevating the importance of autonomy, diversity and connectedness. Constructivist enlightenment entails understanding the interdependence of people on others such that we are all co-responsible for the world in which we live.

Author : James Lenman,Yonatan Shemmer
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199609833

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Constructivism in Practical Philosophy by James Lenman,Yonatan Shemmer Pdf

This volume presents twelve original papers on the idea that moral objectivity is to be understood in terms of a suitably constructed social point of view that all can accept. The contributors offer new perspectives, some sympathetic and some critical, on constructivist understandings - Kantian or otherwise - of morality and reason.

Author : Mark Timmons
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780199693269

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Oxford Studies in Normative Ethics, Volume 1 by Mark Timmons Pdf

In this volume, leading philosophers advance our understanding of a wide range of moral issues and positions, from analysis of competing normative theories to questions of how we should act and live well.

Author : Italo Testa,Luigi Ruggiu
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004322967

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"I that is We, We that is I." Perspectives on Contemporary Hegel by Italo Testa,Luigi Ruggiu Pdf

In "I that is We, We that is I" leading scholars analyze the many facets of Hegel’s formula for the intersubjective structure of human life and explores its relevance for debates on social ontology, recognition, action theory, constructivism, and naturalism.

Author : Myriam Renaud
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000610161

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Constructing Moral Concepts of God in a Global Age by Myriam Renaud Pdf

Constructing Moral Concepts of God in a Global Age focuses on what people say and think about God, rather than on arguments about God's existence. It advances a theological method, or step-by-step approach to explore and reframe personal convictions about God and the worldviews shaped by those convictions. Since a moral God is more likely to foster a moral life, this method integrates an ethical check to ensure that understandings of God and their associated worldviews are validly moral. The proposed method builds on the work of twentieth-century theologian Gordon Kaufman during the Kantian phase of his work. It anticipates a person-like God who hears prayers, loves without end, and comforts in times of hardship. To accommodate today’s pluralistic and globalized world, the ethical check integrated in the method is a widely collaborative and vetted global ethic, the Parliament of the World’s Religions "Declaration Towards a Global Ethic." This volume of constructive philosophical theology is written for seminary students, educators, clergy, study groups, and anyone interested in delving more deeply and systematically into understandings of God, whether their own or those of others.

Author : John Skorupski
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 972 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136964213

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The Routledge Companion to Ethics by John Skorupski Pdf

The Routledge Companion to Ethics is an outstanding survey of the whole field of ethics by a distinguished international team of contributors. Over 60 chapters are divided into six clear sections: the history of ethics meta-ethics perspectives from outside ethics ethical perspectives morality debates in ethics. The Companion opens with a comprehensive historical overview of ethics, including chapters on Plato, Aristotle, Hume, and Kant, and ethical thinking in China, India and the Arabic tradition. The second part covers the domain of meta-ethics. The third part covers important challenges to ethics from the fields of anthropology, psychology, sociobiology and economics. The fourth and fifth sections cover competing theories of ethics and the nature of morality respectively, with entries on consequentialism, Kantian morality, virtue ethics, relativism, evil, and responsibility amongst many others. A comprehensive final section includes the most important topics and controversies in applied ethics, such as rights, justice and distribution, the end of life, the environment, poverty, war and terrorism. The Routledge Companion to Ethics is a superb resource for anyone interested in the subject, whether in philosophy or related disciplines such as politics, education, or law. Fully indexed and cross-referenced, with helpful further reading sections at the end of each chapter, it is ideal for those coming to the field of ethics for the first time as well as readers already familiar with the subject.

Author : Alexander Kaufman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108429115

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Rawls's Egalitarianism by Alexander Kaufman Pdf

A new analysis of John Rawls's theory of distributive justice, focusing on the ways his ideas have both influenced and been misinterpreted by the current egalitarian literature.