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.
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9781351593052
Publisert
2018
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Routledge
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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