BW Smith
‘Possible Worlds and Moral Philosophy’
Smith, BW
Authors
Abstract
This paper is, in part, a response to Steffen Borge's article in Teorema Vol. XIX/1 (2000), "A Call for a Possible World Argument in Ethics". I suggest that the relationship between possible worlds and ethical deliberation is not distinctive and auxiliary in nature. Rather, I argue that the contemplation of possible worlds is an essential part of ethical theorizing. The immediate character of ethics vis-a-vis the possible is evidenced by the account of moral deliberation proposed by a certain form of moral particularism. In particular, the work of John McDowell demonstrates the inextricably modal aspects of ethics in this regard.
Citation
Smith, B. (2001). ‘Possible Worlds and Moral Philosophy’. Teorema (Valencia), 20(3), 41-50
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2001 |
Deposit Date | Apr 10, 2007 |
Journal | Teorema |
Print ISSN | 0210-1602 |
Publisher | Universidad de Oviedo |
Peer Reviewed | Not Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 20 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 41-50 |
Keywords | Ethics, Modality, Particularism, Possible-World, McDowell. |
Publisher URL | http://www.uniovi.es/Teorema/English/Issues/XX3.html |