UID:
almahu_9949383924002882
Format:
1 online resource (209 pages).
ISBN:
9781351593052
,
1351593056
,
9781315102764
,
1315102765
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9781351593069
,
1351593064
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9781351593045
,
1351593048
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in the philosophy of religion
Content:
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 Constructivismbrings 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.
Note:
Introduction / Kevin Jung -- Kantian constructivism, baseball, and Christian ethics / Paul Weithman -- A Humean account of what wrongness amounts to / Kevin Kinghorn -- Constructivism in ethics : a view from Hegelian semantics / Molly Farneth -- What should theists say about constructivist positions / Christian B. Miller -- Kantian constructivism, autonomy, and religious ethics / Charles Lockwood -- On the moral significance of nature : a comparison of Hegelian constructivism and natural law / David A. Clairmont -- Ground of normativity : constructivism, realism and theism / Kevin Jung.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Religious ethics and constructivism. New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa Business, 2018 ISBN 9781138103412
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9781315102764
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315102764
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