Moral Progress (Munich Lectures in Ethics)

✍ Scribed by Philip Kitcher

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year: 2021
Tongue: English
Leaves: 201
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This inaugural volume in the Munich Lectures in Ethics series presents lectures by noted philosopher Philip Kitcher. In these lectures, Kitcher develops further the pragmatist approach to moral philosophy, begun in his book The Ethical Project. He uses three historical examples of moral progress--the abolition of chattel slavery, the expansion of opportunities for women, and the increasing acceptance of same-sex love--to propose methods for moral inquiry. In his recommended methodology, Kitcher sees moral progress, for individuals and for societies, through collective discussions that become more inclusive, better informed, and involve participants more inclined to engage with the perspectives of others and aim at actions tolerable by all. The volume is introduced by Jan-Christoph Heilinger and contains commentaries from distinguished scholars Amia Srinivasan, Susan Neiman, and Rahel Jaeggi, and Kitcher's response to their commentaries.

✦ Table of Contents

cover
Half title
Series
Moral Progress
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Series Editor Foreword
Author’s Preface
Contributors
Introduction: Democratic Contractualism: Philip Kitcher’s Pragmatic Account of Moral Progress
Moral Progress
1. Method in Moral Inquiry
2. Problems of False Consciousness
3. The Many Modes of Moral Progress
Comments
The Limits of Conversation
Progress, Regress, and Power
Progress as the Dynamics of Crisis
Response
Response to the Commentaries
Index

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