Directed Reflective Equilibrium: Thought Experiments and How to Use Them

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...

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Главный автор: Slavny, Adam (Автор)
Другие авторы: Spiekermann, Kai ; Lawford-Smith, Holly ; Axelsen, David V.
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2021
В: Journal of moral philosophy
Год: 2021, Том: 18, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 1-25
Другие ключевые слова:B Reflective Equilibrium
B hypothetical cases
B Methodology
B Intuitions
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Итог: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.
ISSN:1745-5243
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of moral philosophy
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455243_20203008
HDL: 11343/281550