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The Sources of Normativity

By Korsgaard, Christine M.

The Sources of Normativity

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Description
Ethical concepts are, or purport to be, normative. They make claims on us: they command, oblige, recommend, or guide. Or at least when we invoke them, we make claims on one another; but where does their authority over us - or ours over one another - come from? Christine Korsgaard identifies four accounts of the source of normativity that have been advocated by modern moral philosophers: voluntarism, realism, reflective endorsement, and the appeal to autonomy. She traces their history, showing how each developed in response to the prior one and comparing their early versions with those on the contemporary philosophical scene. Kant's theory that normativity springs from our own autonomy emerges as a synthesis of the other three, and Korsgaard concludes with her own version of the Kantian account. Her discussion is followed by commentary from G. A. Cohen, Raymond Geuss, Thomas Nagel, and Bernard Williams, and a reply by Korsgaard.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
290
Release Date:
1996-07-04
Publication Date:
2015-10-01
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
052155960X
ISBN13:
9780521559607
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
368 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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