Pragmatist Ethics

A Problem-Based Approach to What Matters

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

AvJames Jakób Liszka,James Jakob Liszka,James Jakób

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Argues that the path to the good life does not consist in working toward some abstract concept of the good, but rather by ameliorating the problems of the practices and institutions that make up our practical life.Grounded in American pragmatism, Pragmatist Ethics proposes a rethinking of ethics. Rather than looking to the good-a concept for which consensus is difficult to achieve-pragmatists instead advocate for tending to the problems of the day. James Jakób Liszka examines how daily practices and institutions are originally conceived and then evolve to solve certain problems, and that their failure to do so is the source of most problems. Liszka argues that the ethical goal, therefore, is to improve upon these practices and that the sort of practical reasoning that characterizes practices can be enhanced by a more scientific, empirical approach. But how do we know when changes to practices and institutions are progressive? Problems will plague the best of communities; the better community is the one that succeeds best at solving its problems. Pragmatist Ethics examines various accounts of improvement and progress, concluding that the problem-solving effectiveness of communities is the key to progressive changes.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-11-01
Mått152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt417 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieSUNY series in American Philosophy and Cultural Thought
Antal sidor204
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9781438485874

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James Jakób Liszka is Senior Scholar at the Institute for Ethics in Public Life and Professor of Philosophy at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. He is the author of Charles Peirce on Ethics, Esthetics and the Normative Sciences; Moral Competence: An Integrated Approach to the Study of Ethics (second edition); A General Introduction to the Semeiotic of Charles Sanders Peirce; and The Semiotic of Myth: A Critical Study of the Symbol (Advances in Semiotics).

AcknowledgmentsNotes on In-Text CitationsIntroduction1. What's the Good of Goodness?Plato's DoubtsJames's DoubtsThe Tragic Sense of LifeProblem-Based Ethics2. Pragmatism and the Roots of Problem-Based EthicsThe Pragmatic Maxim: Theory to PracticeTruth and Goodness ReconceivedCommunities of InquiryDemocracy as a Community of InquiryScientific Ethics and Experiments of LivingMeliorism: Convergence, Growth, Improvement, Progress3. Practical LifePracticesPractices as Solutions to ProblemsWhat Is a Problem?The Normative Character of PracticesThe Normative Governance of Practices4. Practical ReasoningThe Desire-Belief Model of Moral MotivationFrom Practical Reasoning to Practical KnowledgeProblems as Moral Guidance5. Normative ScienceThe General and the Particular in Practical KnowledgeKnow-How and Know-ThatPractical HypothesesNormative NaturalismThe Empirical Warrant for Prudential NormsThe Empirical Warrant for Good Ends and Righteous Means6. Communities of InquiryThe Ends and Means of InquiryThe Problem of EpistemarchyProblems and the Governance of Practices7. Change for the BetterProgress as Preference for Ways of LifeThe Cumulative Theory of ProgressProgress as a Function of Problem-Solving EffectivenessMoral ProgressHas There Been Progress?Generalizing Problem-Solving EffectivenessConclusionReferencesIndex