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Alienation and the Metaphysics of Normativity: On the Quality of Our Relations with the World

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: I argue that metaethicists should be concerned with two kinds of alienation that can result from theories of normativity: alienation between an agent and her reasons, and alienation between an agent and the concrete others with whom morality is principally concerned. A theory that cannot avoid alienation risks failing to make sense of central features of our experience of being agents, in whose lives normativity plays an important role. The twin threats of alienation establish two desiderata for theories of normativity; however, I argue that they are difficult to jointly satisfy.

Source: Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy

DOI: 10.26556/jesp.v26i1.1889

Author: Jack Samuel

Institutions: University of Pittsburgh, New York University

Language: English

Topic: Philosophical Ethics and Theory

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4389095814

FWCI: 6.988

Cites: 70

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10