Moral Realism and Kantian Constructivism

Abstract

This paper questions nearly every major point Christina Lafont (2004) makes about the validity of social norms and their relation to moral realism and Kantian constructivism. I distinguish realisms from theories of objective or subjective knowledge, then from cognitivism. Next, I distinguish Kant and constructivism from Rawls' political constructivism. Finally, I propose clues for an alternative theory of moral constructivism.