Can there be a global, interesting, coherent constructivism about practical reason?

David Enoch*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

35 Scopus citations

Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)319-339
Number of pages21
JournalPhilosophical Explorations
Volume12
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2009

Keywords

  • Korsgaard
  • constructivism
  • metaethics
  • practical reason

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Can there be a global, interesting, coherent constructivism about practical reason?'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this