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Project title: Constructing Justice
Constructivism in ethics is the claim that norms are valid because they are justified through appropriate procedures, rather than independently true – e.g. we should respect one another’s freedom because we would agree to this in an ideal decision-making procedure. This account has a major advantage, especially in times of pluralism: it enables us to justify moral and institutional rules without claiming that some things are objectively of value. Yet, critics argue that constructivism fails: it either smuggles in value judgments, or it cannot justify anything. This project aims at providing the first book-length defence of constructivism investigating how these two literatures may solve one another’s problems. In so doing, it aims to put forward a novel, more robust account – one which both exhibits solid foundations and provides real guidance.
Constructivism in ethics is the claim that norms are valid because they are justified through appropriate procedures, rather than independently true – e.g. we should respect one another’s freedom because we would agree to this in an ideal decision-making procedure. This account has a major advantage, especially in times of pluralism: it enables us to justify moral and institutional rules without claiming that some things are objectively of value. Yet, critics argue that constructivism fails: it either smuggles in value judgments, or it cannot justify anything. This project aims at providing the first book-length defence of constructivism investigating how these two literatures may solve one another’s problems. In so doing, it aims to put forward a novel, more robust account – one which both exhibits solid foundations and provides real guidance.
Short title | R:HSG Ronzoni LeverhulmeFellow |
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Status | Finished |
Effective start/end date | 1/09/18 → 29/02/20 |
Keywords
- constructivism
- justice
- political theory
- ethics
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