Not a Good Fix: Constitutivism on Value Change and Disagreement

IF 0.8 2区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

ERKENNTNIS Pub Date : 2023-10-13 DOI:10.1007/s10670-023-00742-y

Michael Klenk, Ibo van de Poel

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Abstract

Abstract We examine whether Thomsonian constitutivism, a metaethical view that analyses value in terms of ‘goodness-fixing kinds,’ i.e. kinds that themselves set the standards for being a good instance of the respective kind, offers a satisfactory explanation of value change and disagreement. While value disagreement has long been considered an important explanandum, we introduce value change as a closely related but distinct phenomenon of metaethical interest. We argue that constitutivism fails to explain both phenomena because of its commitment to goodness-fixing kinds. Constitutivism explains away disagreement and at best explains the emergence of new values, not genuine change. Therefore, Thomsonian constitutivism is not a good fix for realist problems with explaining value disagreement, and value change.

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不是一个好的解决方案:价值变化和分歧的构成主义

摘要:我们考察了汤姆森构成主义(thomsonsonian constitutivism)是否能令人满意地解释价值变化和分歧，这是一种元伦理学观点，它以“善固定类型”(即自己设定成为各自类型的好例子的标准)的方式来分析价值。虽然价值分歧一直被认为是一个重要的解释，但我们将价值变化作为一种密切相关但独特的元伦理利益现象引入。我们认为，建构主义未能解释这两种现象，因为它致力于“善固定”。立宪主义解释了分歧，最多只能解释新价值观的出现，而不是真正的变革。因此，对于现实主义在解释价值分歧和价值变化方面的问题，汤姆森的建构主义并不是一个很好的解决方案。

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ERKENNTNIS PHILOSOPHY-

CiteScore

2.10

自引率

11.10%

发文量

116

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