Constructing a Good Life

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...

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Главный автор: Lott, Micah (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2016
В: Journal of moral philosophy
Год: 2016, Том: 13, Выпуск: 3, Страницы: 363-375
Другие ключевые слова:B Eudaimonism
B Value
B Egoism
B Virtue Ethics
B Practical Reason
B Constructivism
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Итог: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.
ISSN:1745-5243
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Journal of moral philosophy
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455243-01303001