Year: 2009
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: Moral theories have explanatory aspirations. They purport not merely to tell us which things are right and wrong, good and bad, and just and unjust, but also to explain why those things have the moral features that they do. Many theorists think that explanations which help us understand or make sense of morality must in some way rely on general moral principles. Suppose, for instance, that Anna ought to help Adam who is very badly off. Views which are “generalist” in this sense hold that Anna ought to do whatever it is that she ought to do in some sense because of some moral principles with suitable content, such as that one ought to help the badly off.
Author: Pekka Väyrynen
Language: English
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W63628506