TY - JOUR
T1 - Can there be a global, interesting, coherent constructivism about practical reason?
AU - Enoch, David
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - More and more people seem to think that constructivism - in political philosophy, in moral philosophy, and perhaps in practical reasoning most generally - is the way to go. And yet it is surprisingly hard to even characterize the view. In this paper, I go to some lengths trying to capture the essence of a constructivist position - mostly in the realm of practical reason - and to pinpoint its theoretical attractions. I then give some reason to suspect that there cannot be a coherent constructivist view about practical reason as a whole, at least not if it is to be interestingly constructivist, in a sense I make reasonably precise.
AB - More and more people seem to think that constructivism - in political philosophy, in moral philosophy, and perhaps in practical reasoning most generally - is the way to go. And yet it is surprisingly hard to even characterize the view. In this paper, I go to some lengths trying to capture the essence of a constructivist position - mostly in the realm of practical reason - and to pinpoint its theoretical attractions. I then give some reason to suspect that there cannot be a coherent constructivist view about practical reason as a whole, at least not if it is to be interestingly constructivist, in a sense I make reasonably precise.
KW - Korsgaard
KW - constructivism
KW - metaethics
KW - practical reason
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77950754351&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13869790903067683
DO - 10.1080/13869790903067683
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AN - SCOPUS:77950754351
SN - 1386-9795
VL - 12
SP - 319
EP - 339
JO - Philosophical Explorations
JF - Philosophical Explorations
IS - 3
ER -