The Role Played by the Method of Wide Reflective Equilibrium in Moral Epistemology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9690649 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Swanton (University of Auckland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 575-590 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217300011884 |
| OpenAlex | W2145511829 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 21 |
The method of Wide Reflective Equilibrium (WRE) has been defended by Kai Nielsen as an exciting new development in the search for a device for increasing our ability to choose between competing moral conceptions. Nonetheless, this confidence will be seen as misplaced unless serious issues are resolved. Lack of clarity surrounds the questions: (1) What is the claimed epistemological role for WRE? (2) What version of WRE is to be employed? In this paper I resolve these ambiguities in a way which supports Kai Nielsen's claim. First, however, I should specify in broad terms the method of WRE
CLARITY · Epistemology · Reflective equilibrium · Sociology · Chemistry · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Political Philosophy and Ethics
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
Power
Wide Reflective Equilibrium and Theory Acceptance in Ethics
On some methods of ethics and linguistics
A Theory of Justice
IX.—Essentially Contested Concepts
Is the Difference Principle a Principle of Justice?
The claims of reflective equilibrium
Anarchy, State, and Utopia
The Independence of Moral Theory
The Liberal Theory of Justice
Power
Epistemic value
From the Descriptive to the Normative in Psychology and Logic
Rational Belief Systems
Rational Belief Systems
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |