Making Morality: Pragmatist Reconstruction in Ethical Theory (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy) - Softcover

Lekan, Todd

 
9780826514219: Making Morality: Pragmatist Reconstruction in Ethical Theory (The Vanderbilt Library of American Philosophy)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0826514219 ISBN 13: 9780826514219
Verlag: Univ of Chicago Press behalf of Vanderbilt Univ. P, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

In this new contribution to moral theory, Todd Lekan argues for a pragmatist conception of morality as an evolving, educational, and fallible practice of everyday life. Drawing on the work of John Dewey, Lekan asserts that moral norms are neither timeless truths nor subjective whims, but habits transmitted through practices. Like the habits that make up medicine or engineering, moral habits are subject to rational evaluation and change according to new challenges and circumstances. This pragmatic interpretation of morality provides a way out of the conundrum of relativism and absolutism.

Building on classical American philosophy to address current philosophical concerns, Lekan's theory revises our basic understanding of moral life and the place of theorizing within that life. Making Morality will prove of great interest to ethical theorists, as it enjoins them to measure theoretical inquiries by how well they produce intellectual tools for problem-solving in dynamic, complex communities.

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Todd Lekan is assistant professor of philosophy at Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio.

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Verlag
Univ of Chicago Press behalf of Vanderbilt Univ. P
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0826514219
ISBN 13 
9780826514219
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
216
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