Jul 2026· Canadian Journal of Philosophy· Vol 55, pp. 522-539· 0 citations· 41 references
Abstract
Constitutivists say authoritative practical norms are grounded in the nature of action. But how are they so grounded? I argue that there is a deep, under-appreciated division among constitutivists on this point. “Transcendental” constitutivism says all rational agents are committed to practical norms on pain of inconsistency. “Functional” constitutivism says that complying with practical norms is necessary to realize the function of action. These views come apart, and the distinction between them has important implications for both how constitutivists should defend their view and how they should respond to the most popular objections to it: the “shmagency” and “bad action” problems.
Recent developments in the debate on epistemic injustice have expanded the original concept to include abstracta as epistemically unjust. Drawing on these arguments, we propose to distinguish between inherent conceptional epistemic injustice and contingent conception-mediated epistemic injustice. Applying this distinct...
Anke Jahn, Thor Hennelund Nielsen· Philosophy and Medicine· 0 citations
There has been a recent surge of interest in normative internalism, according to which what you ought to do depends on your beliefs about morality. This view has potentially wide-reaching implications for practical action, policy choice, and societal norms. The view is motivated by certain compelling examples, but in...
Constructive alternativism, the philosophical position that the universe is always open to alternate interpretations, can be seen as consistent with current political rhetoric stating that conservative operatives are considering “alternative facts”. In this paper, I argue that such an interpretation of constructive alt...
L. Leitner· Personal Construct Theory &a...· 0 citations
How can theology maintain credibility when belief in God is optional? This article argues that atheism functions as the existential ground for credible theological grammar in post-Christendom contexts. Examining Tomáš Halík’s recuperation of atheism as ‘impatience with God’ and Emmanuel Falque’s phenomenological treatm...
Martin Koci· Irish Theological Quarterly· 0 citations
Stephen Darwall argues that the conditions of the possibility of addressing demands second-personally entail a commitment to Kantian moral principles. He also argues that previous attempts to vindicate Kantian morality, as a necessary presupposition of agency, have failed. I defend both of Darwall’s arguments against...
Janis David Schaab· Canadian Journal of Philosop...· 0 citations
A compelling idea in ethics is that right and wrong is a matter of one's choices being justifiable to others. Contemporary contractualism in particular takes this idea as a starting point. There are, however, different ways to articulate the compelling idea within a contractualist theory. In this paper, I discuss thr...
Per Algander· Theoria· 0 citations
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