The Unity of the Moral Domain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7153646 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy David Fix (0000-0003-3416-6474, Keble College, University of Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 438-457 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-8373 • E-ISSN: 1468-0378 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ejop.12998 |
| OpenAlex | W4401428652 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 44 |
What is the function of morality—what is it all about? What is the basis of morality—what explains our moral agency and patiency? This essay defends a unique Kantian answer to these questions. Morality is about securing our independence from each other by giving each other equal discretion over whether and how we interact. The basis of our moral agency and patiency is practical reason. The first half addresses objections that this account cannot explain the moral patiency of beings who are not also moral agents such as infantile, elderly, and infirm human beings and the other animals. The second half argues that this account is preferable, on grounds of consistency with the basic Kantian account of the function and content of morality, to the familiar account of our moral patiency, popular especially though not exclusively with contemporary Kantians, in terms of the value of humanity
Epistemology · Mathematical analysis · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Mathematics · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
Rational Causation
Goodness and Desire
Critique of the Power of Judgment
The Form of Practical Knowledge
The Moral Habitat
One Another’s Equals
The Authority of Humanity
Two Sorts of Constitutivism
Why am I My Brother’s Keeper?
Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Mind
What is it to Wrong Someone? A Puzzle about Justice
Virtue and Reason
The Sources of Normativity
The Value of Humanity
The Instrumental Rule
Practical cognition as volition
Constitutivism and cognitivism
Grounds of Goodness
Life and Action
Kant's Formula of Humanity
Objective and Unconditioned Value
Korsgaard's Arguments for the Value of Humanity
The Basing Relation
The Unity of Normative Thought
The Error Condition
Must We Be Just Plain Good? On Regress Arguments for the Value of Humanity
On What Is in Front of Your Nose
Natural Goodness
Fellow Creatures
The Value of Humanity
Practical Reasoning
Deriving Morality from Politics
The Many Moral Rationalisms
Self-Constitution
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |