Articulating the Moral Community Toward a Constructive Ethical Pragmatism

by Richardson, Henry

• ISBN13: 9780190247744
• ISBN10: 0190247746
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2018-09-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Henry S. Richardson is Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University. From 2008-18, he was the editor of Ethics. His previous books include Practical Reasoning about Final Ends (1994), Democratic Autonomy (2002), and Moral Entanglements (2012). He has held fellowships sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University.

Table of Contents

Part I: Preliminaries
Introduction
Chapter 1: Constructive Ethical Pragmatism
Part II: The Moral Authority of The Moral Community
Chapter 2: The Idea of the Moral Community
Chapter 3: Authoritative Input: Dyadic Duties & Rights
Chapter 4: The Unity of the Moral Community
Chapter 5: Introducing New Moral Norms
Chapter 6: Working It Out Together: Joint Moral Reasoning
Chapter 7: Ratification of New Moral Norms
Part III: Defending and Extending the Account
Chapter 8: Objections: Reasons, Indeterminacy, and Compromise
Chapter 9: The Mutability of Moral Principles
Chapter 10: Objectivity and Path-Dependence
Conclusion
Index