Constructivism in ethics

Constructivism in ethics / edited by Carla Bagnoli.

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 m...

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Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Constructivism (Philosophy)
Ethics.
Table of 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.

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