Interactive universalism, the concrete other and discourse ethics: A sociological dialogue with Seyla Benhabib’s theories of morality

IF 2.3 1区 社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY
O. Abbott
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Noting that Benhabib’s ethical theory has seldom been engaged with by sociologists of morality, this article introduces and interrogates Benhabib’s ethical theory from a sociological perspective. It is argued that Benhabib’s critiques of Enlightenment conceptions of morality complement sociological theories of morality. Her concepts of the ‘concrete’ and ‘generalized’ other and ‘interactive universalism’ can potentially inform recurrent debates in the sociology of morality about the extent to which cultural plurality precludes the possibility of sociologists providing normative judgements, and the extent to which certain features of moral experiences can be taken to be universal. However, Benhabib’s argument that discourse ethics can provide a procedural means to judge between competing moral claims leads her to prioritize the perspective of ‘postconventional’ Western modernism as the means to adjudicate between the moral tolerability of cultural beliefs and practices. This leads her to characterize ‘conventional’ moral systems as subordinate, which succumbs to postcolonial critiques of the role of processes of domination in organizing the validity of moral claims.
互动普遍主义、具体他者与话语伦理:与赛拉·本哈比卜道德理论的社会学对话
鉴于本哈比卜的伦理学理论很少被道德社会学家所涉足,本文从社会学的角度对本哈比卜伦理学理论进行了介绍和质疑。本哈比卜对启蒙道德观的批判是对社会学道德理论的补充。她关于“具体”和“广义”的其他和“互动普遍主义”的概念可能会为道德社会学中反复出现的辩论提供信息,这些辩论涉及文化多元性在多大程度上排除了社会学家提供规范判断的可能性,以及道德体验的某些特征在多大范围上可以被视为普遍性。然而,Benhabib认为,话语伦理学可以提供一种程序性手段来判断相互竞争的道德主张,这使她优先考虑“后传统”西方现代主义的视角,作为在文化信仰和实践的道德宽容性之间进行裁决的手段。这导致她将“传统”道德体系定性为从属的,它屈服于后殖民主义对统治过程在组织道德主张有效性中的作用的批评。
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自引率
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期刊介绍: An internationally respected journal with a wide-reaching conception of social theory, the European Journal of Social Theory brings together social theorists and theoretically-minded social scientists with the objective of making social theory relevant to the challenges facing the social sciences in the 21st century. The European Journal of Social Theory aims to be a worldwide forum of social thought. The Journal welcomes articles on all aspects of the social, covering the whole range of contemporary debates in social theory. Reflecting some of the commonalities in European intellectual life, contributors might discuss the theoretical contexts of issues such as the nation state, democracy, citizenship, risk; identity, social divisions, violence, gender and knowledge.
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