Practical judgment as reflective judgment
On moral salience and Kantian particularist universalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8078667 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sabina Vaccarino Bremner (0000-0002-1439-2362, Department of Philosophy University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 600-621 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-18 |
| 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.12811 |
| OpenAlex | W4285802960 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 39 |
Moral particularists and generalists alike have struggled over how to incorporate the role of moral salience in ethical reasoning. In this paper, I point to neglected resources in Kant to account for the role of moral salience in maxim formation: Kant's theory of reflective judgment. Kant tasks reflective judgment with picking out salient empirical particulars for formation into maxims, associating it with purposiveness, or intentional activity (action on ends ). The unexpected resources in Kantian reflective judgment suggest the possibility of a particularist universalism , where recalcitrant particulars directly inform, and in some cases revise, moral principles. Such an account improves on particularist accounts of moral salience and moral perception: rather than deriving moral sensitivity solely from an agent's upbringing or cultural resources, the reflective dimension is situated alongside the universalist dimension of moral principles typically identified with Kantian ethics, allowing for a critical approach both to moral universals and to the reception of moral particulars
Cognitive psychology · Epistemology · Moral disengagement · Moral psychology · Moral reasoning · Political science · Problem of universals · Salience (neuroscience · Sociology · Universalism · Free Will and Agency · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Law · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
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| Citations per year | 3,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |