RT Article
T1 Constructing a Good Life
JF Journal of moral philosophy
VO 13
IS 3
SP 363
OP 375
A1 Lott, Micah
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1817472712
AB In The Value of Living Well, Mark LeBar develops a position that he calls “virtue eudaimonism” (ve). ve is both a eudaimonistic theory of practical reasoning and a constructivist account of the metaphysics of value. In this essay, I will explain the core of LeBar’s view and focus on two issues, one concerning ve’s eudaimonism and the other concerning ve’s constructivism. I will argue that, as it stands, ve does not adequately address the charge of egoism, once that charge has been formulated in the strongest way. I will also argue that a substantive constructivism like ve must have considerably less explanatory power than any (successful) constructivism that appeals to a formal characterization of agency. Although my remarks are largely critical, I offer them in a spirit of sympathetic engagement with LeBar’s impressive book.
K1 Value
K1 Practical Reason
K1 Constructivism
K1 Egoism
K1 Eudaimonism
K1 Virtue Ethics
DO 10.1163/17455243-01303001