Naturalizing Darwall’s Second Person Standpoint

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ID7802989
AuthorsCarme Isern-Mas (0000-0001-8629-2021, Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems, corresponding author), Antoni Gomila (0000-0001-7325-961X, Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems)
Year2020
Volume54
Issue4
Pages785-804
Publication date2020-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIntegrative Psychological and Behavioral Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1932-4502 • E-ISSN: 1936-3567
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s12124-020-09547-y
PMID32462630
OpenAlexW3032329892
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited33

In this paper, we take Darwall’s analytical project of the second-person standpoint as the starting point for a naturalistic project about our moral psychology. In his project, Darwall contends that our moral notions constitutively imply the perspective of second-personal interaction, i.e. the interaction of two mutually recognized agents who make and acknowledge claims on one another. This allows him to explain the distinctive purported authority of morality. Yet a naturalized interpretation of it has potential as an account of our moral psychology. We propose a naturalistic interpretation of Darwall’s work to address some of the main issues about our moral psychology. First, we explain why moral norms motivate us; namely, because of these second-personal relations. We provide a naturalized version of this solution. Second, we articulate how intersubjective interactions take place effectively; grounding duties to particular other subjects, and being related to distinctive moral emotions. Third, we address the question of the limits of the moral community, proposing that it comprises all agents capable of second-personal interactions. Finally, we explain the emergence of community norms through intersubjective interaction. Since all group members can adopt alternatively the second-personal stance to each other, demands are sanctioned and recognized in a triangulation process which explains the emergence of group norms

Epistemology · Internalism and externalism · Interpretation (philosophy · Moral authority · Moral disengagement · Moral psychology · Morality · Naturalism · Perspective (graphical · Reflexive pronoun · Sociology · Computer Science · Emotions and Moral Behavior · Ethics in Business and Education · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social Psychology

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