Constructivism in Ethics

Carla Bagnoli is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy in the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Studies, University of Modena. She is editor of Morality and Emotions (2011).

• Introduction Carla Bagnoli; 1. Moral scepticism, constructivism and the value of humanity Robert Stern; 2. How not to be an ethical constructivist: a critique of Korsgaard's neo-Kantian constitutivism William J. Fitzpatrick; 3. Kant's constructivism Oliver Sensen; 4. Meta-ethics and its discontents: a case study of Korsgaard Nadeem J. Z. Hussain and Nishi Shah; 5. Is constructivism an alternative to moral realism? David Copp; 6. Constructivism and practical knowledge Stephen Engstrom; 7. Constructivism about practical knowledge Carla Bagnoli; 8. Constructivism and particularism Mark LeBar; 9. Constructive complaints Thomas Baldwin; 10. Revising moral norms: pragmatism and the problem of perspicuous description Henry Richardson; Bibliography; Index.

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