Foundations of Moral Obligation Pt 2: ConstructivismC. Stephen Evans (Baylor University, Australian Catholic University)
June 14, 2014, 11:30pm - 1:30am
School of Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
Callinan Room, Level 8
250 Victoria Parade
East Melbourne 3002
Australia
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Richard Colledge
Australian Catholic University
Jeffrey Hanson
Australian Catholic University
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In this second seminar in the series, I will examine various forms of "Constructivism," which reject Subjectivism but attempts to avoid moral realism, by seeing morality as a human construction. Two versions will be looked at: Christine Korsgaard's Kantian-inspired version and various social contract versions. I shall argue that such views do not attain genuine objectivity without covert appeals to moral realism.
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