“…24, 29). Furthermore, there is a large consensus that Kant's account is untenable insofar as it presupposes transcendental idealism, as well as an animated debate about whether and how a Kantian account can be substantiated without such presuppositions (Allison 2006;O'Shea 2006;Baiasu 2016;Schafer 2019a;Tenenbaum 2019).…”
Section: The Inescapability Of Moral Reasonsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…234-35, cf. 2008, 34 Schafer argues that the prospects of the Kantian constitutivist strategy rest on a more fundamental commitment to "capacities-first philosophy," that is, a method of philosophical inquiry which regards our basic, self-conscious rational capacities as fundamental (Schafer 2019a). For further considerations concerning the persuasiveness of the constitutivist strategy, see Tubert (2010) and Baiasu (2016).…”
Section: The Reflective Stance and The Stance Of Agencymentioning
Ethical constructivism holds that truths about the relation between rationality, morality, and agency are best understood as constructed by correct reasoning, rather than discovered or invented. Unlike other metaphors used in metaethics, construction brings to light the generative and dynamic dimension of practical reason. On the resultant picture, practical reasoning is not only productive but also self-transforming, and socially empowering. The main task of this volume is to illustrate how constructivism has substantially modified and expanded the agenda of metaethics by refocusing on rational agency and its constitutive principles. In particular, this volume identifies, compares and discusses the prospects and failures of the main strands of constructivism regarding the powers of reason in responding to the challenges of contingency. While Kantian, Humean, Aristotelian, and Hegelian theories sharply differ in their constructivist strategies, they provide compelling accounts of the rational articulation required for an inclusive and unified ethical community.
“…24, 29). Furthermore, there is a large consensus that Kant's account is untenable insofar as it presupposes transcendental idealism, as well as an animated debate about whether and how a Kantian account can be substantiated without such presuppositions (Allison 2006;O'Shea 2006;Baiasu 2016;Schafer 2019a;Tenenbaum 2019).…”
Section: The Inescapability Of Moral Reasonsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…234-35, cf. 2008, 34 Schafer argues that the prospects of the Kantian constitutivist strategy rest on a more fundamental commitment to "capacities-first philosophy," that is, a method of philosophical inquiry which regards our basic, self-conscious rational capacities as fundamental (Schafer 2019a). For further considerations concerning the persuasiveness of the constitutivist strategy, see Tubert (2010) and Baiasu (2016).…”
Section: The Reflective Stance and The Stance Of Agencymentioning
Ethical constructivism holds that truths about the relation between rationality, morality, and agency are best understood as constructed by correct reasoning, rather than discovered or invented. Unlike other metaphors used in metaethics, construction brings to light the generative and dynamic dimension of practical reason. On the resultant picture, practical reasoning is not only productive but also self-transforming, and socially empowering. The main task of this volume is to illustrate how constructivism has substantially modified and expanded the agenda of metaethics by refocusing on rational agency and its constitutive principles. In particular, this volume identifies, compares and discusses the prospects and failures of the main strands of constructivism regarding the powers of reason in responding to the challenges of contingency. While Kantian, Humean, Aristotelian, and Hegelian theories sharply differ in their constructivist strategies, they provide compelling accounts of the rational articulation required for an inclusive and unified ethical community.
“…Constitutivism comes in many forms, but it is especially present in recent practical philosophy in the Kantian and Aristotelian traditions (Foot 2001; Thompson 2008; Korsgaard 2009; Lavin 2017; and Schafer 2019). I develop a basic metaphysics of constitutivism elsewhere (Fix 2019).…”
Properly understood, the instrumental rule says to take means that actually suffice for my end, not, as is nearly universally assumed, to intend means that I believe are necessary for my end. This alternative explains everything the standard interpretation can—and more, including grounding certain correctness conditions for exercises of our will unexplained by the standard interpretation.
“…(Lavin [2017] 172)The fundamental norms that apply to X are explained by the nature of X. (Schafer [2019] 177)constitutive norms of agency … arise from the nature of agency as such. (Tenenbaum [2019] 163–4)…”
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