Strong Evaluation without Moral Sources : On Charles Taylor's Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics /
Laitinen, Arto
Strong Evaluation without Moral Sources : On Charles Taylor's Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics / Arto Laitinen. - 1 online resource (385 p.) - Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie , 86 0344-8142 ; .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. What is strong evaluation? A reading and -- reconstruction of Taylor’s central concept -- 2. Human agents as strong evaluators -- 3. Personhood as strongly valued: a strong -- evaluator as an end in itself -- 4. Does identity consist of strong -- evaluations? -- 5. The engaged view and the reality of -- value -- 6. Diversity and universality -- 7. Does moral reality need sources? -- 8. Evaluative beliefs and knowledge -- 9. Moral realism and personal variations -- 10. Conclusion -- Backmatter
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Charles Taylor (1931- ) is one of the leading living philosophers. This is the first extended study on the key notions of his views in philosophical anthropology and ethical theory. Firstly, Laitinen clarifies, qualifies and defends Taylor's thesis that transcendental arguments show that personal understandings concerning ethical and other values (so called "strong evaluation") is necessary, in different ways, for human agency, selfhood, identity and personhood. Secondly, Laitinen defends and develops in various ways Taylor's value realism. Finally, the book criticizes Taylor's view that it is necessary to identify and locate a constitutive source of value, such as God, Nature or Human Reason. Taylor relies heavily on this claim in his accounts of moral life, modern identity and, most recently, secularisation. Laitinen argues that the whole notion of constitutive moral source should be dropped – Taylor's views concerning strong evaluation and value realism are distorted by the question of constitutive "moral sources".
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110204049 9783110211900
10.1515/9783110211900 doi
Ethics--History--20th century.
Philosophical anthropology--History--20th century.
Values.
Ethik.
Philosophische Anthropologie.
Taylor, Charles.
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern.
Ethics. Philosophical Anthropology. Taylor, Charles. Theories of Selfhood and Personhood. Value theory.
B995.T34 / L358 2008eb
191
Strong Evaluation without Moral Sources : On Charles Taylor's Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics / Arto Laitinen. - 1 online resource (385 p.) - Quellen und Studien zur Philosophie , 86 0344-8142 ; .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. What is strong evaluation? A reading and -- reconstruction of Taylor’s central concept -- 2. Human agents as strong evaluators -- 3. Personhood as strongly valued: a strong -- evaluator as an end in itself -- 4. Does identity consist of strong -- evaluations? -- 5. The engaged view and the reality of -- value -- 6. Diversity and universality -- 7. Does moral reality need sources? -- 8. Evaluative beliefs and knowledge -- 9. Moral realism and personal variations -- 10. Conclusion -- Backmatter
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Charles Taylor (1931- ) is one of the leading living philosophers. This is the first extended study on the key notions of his views in philosophical anthropology and ethical theory. Firstly, Laitinen clarifies, qualifies and defends Taylor's thesis that transcendental arguments show that personal understandings concerning ethical and other values (so called "strong evaluation") is necessary, in different ways, for human agency, selfhood, identity and personhood. Secondly, Laitinen defends and develops in various ways Taylor's value realism. Finally, the book criticizes Taylor's view that it is necessary to identify and locate a constitutive source of value, such as God, Nature or Human Reason. Taylor relies heavily on this claim in his accounts of moral life, modern identity and, most recently, secularisation. Laitinen argues that the whole notion of constitutive moral source should be dropped – Taylor's views concerning strong evaluation and value realism are distorted by the question of constitutive "moral sources".
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783110204049 9783110211900
10.1515/9783110211900 doi
Ethics--History--20th century.
Philosophical anthropology--History--20th century.
Values.
Ethik.
Philosophische Anthropologie.
Taylor, Charles.
PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern.
Ethics. Philosophical Anthropology. Taylor, Charles. Theories of Selfhood and Personhood. Value theory.
B995.T34 / L358 2008eb
191