Moral Strata [electronic resource] : Another Approach to Reflective Equilibrium / by John R. Welch.
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9783319080130
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/16167
Yazar
Basım Bildirimi
1st ed. 2014.
Yayın Bilgisi
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Fiziksel Niteleme
XI, 202 p. 17 illus. online resource.
Dizi
Theory and Decision Library A:, Rational Choice in Practical Philosophy and Philosophy of Science, 2352-2119 ; 49
İçindekiler Notu
Preface -- Chapter 1 Discursive Strata -- Chapter 2 Saving the Moral Phenomena -- Chapter 3 Comparative Decision Theory -- Chapter 4 Working with Moral Means -- Chapter 5 Securing Our Moral Ends -- Chapter 6 Remedies for Reflective Disequilibrium -- Index. .
Özet, vb.
This volume recreates the received notion of reflective equilibrium. It reconfigures reflective equilibrium as both a cognitive ideal and a method for approximating this ideal. The ideal of reflective equilibrium is restructured using the concept of discursive strata, which are formed by sentences and differentiated by function. Sentences that perform the same kind of linguistic function constitute a stratum. The book shows how moral discourse can be analyzed into phenomenal, instrumental, and teleological strata, and the ideal of reflective equilibrium reworked in these terms. In addition, the work strengthens the method of reflective equilibrium by harnessing the resources of decision theory and inductive logic. It launches a comparative version of decision theory and employs this framework as a guide to moral theory choice. It also recruits quantitative inductive logic to inform a standard of inductive cogency. When used in tandem with comparative decision theory, this standard can aid in the effort to turn the undesirable condition of reflective disequilibrium into reflective equilibrium.
Konu
Ethics.
Operations research.
Mathematics.
Social sciences.
Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
Operations Research and Decision Theory.
Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Operations research.
Mathematics.
Social sciences.
Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics.
Operations Research and Decision Theory.
Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
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