书名: Strong Evaluation without Moral Sources: On Charles Taylor's Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics (Quellen Und Studien Zur Philosophie)
作者: Arto Laitinen (Author)
出版社: Walter de Gruyter; 1 edition (July 15, 2008)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 3110204045
ISBN-13: 978-3110204049
Book Description
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 Taylors 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 Taylors value realism. Finally, the book criticizes Taylors 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 Taylors views concerning strong evaluation and value realism are distorted by the question of constitutive moral sources.
Review
"One of the most careful and thorough explications of Taylor's work in the field of moral theory that I have ever encountered, going into detailed interrogations of matters that other commentators, including myself, have dealt in a much more superficial way. It makes a major contribution to the growing literature on the meaning and significance of Taylor's thought. I have learnt a great deal from it and am confident that future readers will too. The book proposes answers to key questions about moral life in a very thoughtful, well-informed and sometimes counterintuitive way." -- Ruth Abbey, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
About the Author
Arto Laitinen, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finnland.
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作者: Arto Laitinen (Author)
出版社: Walter de Gruyter; 1 edition (July 15, 2008)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 3110204045
ISBN-13: 978-3110204049
Book Description
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 Taylors 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 Taylors value realism. Finally, the book criticizes Taylors 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 Taylors views concerning strong evaluation and value realism are distorted by the question of constitutive moral sources.
Review
"One of the most careful and thorough explications of Taylor's work in the field of moral theory that I have ever encountered, going into detailed interrogations of matters that other commentators, including myself, have dealt in a much more superficial way. It makes a major contribution to the growing literature on the meaning and significance of Taylor's thought. I have learnt a great deal from it and am confident that future readers will too. The book proposes answers to key questions about moral life in a very thoughtful, well-informed and sometimes counterintuitive way." -- Ruth Abbey, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
About the Author
Arto Laitinen, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, Finnland.
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