RT Article
T1 Directed Reflective Equilibrium: Thought Experiments and How to Use Them
JF Journal of moral philosophy
VO 18
IS 1
SP 1
OP 25
A1 Slavny, Adam
A1 Spiekermann, Kai
A1 Lawford-Smith, Holly
A1 Axelsen, David V.
A2 Spiekermann, Kai
A2 Lawford-Smith, Holly
A2 Axelsen, David V.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1749484773
AB Abstract In this paper we develop a new methodology for normative theorising, which we call Directed Reflective Equilibrium. Directed Reflective Equilibrium is based on a taxonomy that distinguishes between a number of different functions of hypothetical cases, including two dimensions that we call representation and elicitation. Like its predecessor, Directed Reflective Equilibrium accepts that neither intuitions nor basic principles are immune to revision and that our commitments on various levels of philosophical enquiry should be brought into equilibrium. However, it also offers guidance about how different types of cases ought to be sequenced to achieve this result. We argue that this ‘directional’ approach improves, in various ways, upon the non-directional approach of traditional Reflective Equilibrium.
K1 Reflective Equilibrium
K1 Methodology
K1 Intuitions
K1 hypothetical cases
DO 10.1163/17455243_20203008