Realism, values and critique
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8077702 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dave Elder-Va (0000-0002-0789-660X, corresponding author), Dave Elder-Vass (Loughborough University) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 314-318 |
| Publication date | 2019-05-27 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Critical Realism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7430 • E-ISSN: 1572-5138 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14767430.2019.1614744 |
| OpenAlex | W2946957889 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 7 |
This is a lightly edited transcript of a plenary talk given at the Beyond Positivism conference, Montreal, August 8–10 2017. The talk followed others by Christopher Winship and Frédéric Vandenberghe, which are mentioned in the text. The paper argues that critical social science needs an ontology of values, and that a coherent ontology must recognize that values are created by human beings in social settings, rather than being objectively true. Recognizing this, however, need not expose us to the moral nihilism of extreme relativism. Drawing on the work of Habermas and the capabilities approach, I argue that we can reason about what sorts of basic values we should be committed to, without invoking the concept of objective values. This provides us with material that we can build on to construct more complex constructive critical arguments
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| Citations per year | 1.71 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |