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The Phenomenology of Moral Normativity (Paperback)
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The Phenomenology of Moral Normativity (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
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Why should I be moral? Philosophers have long been concerned with
the legitimacy of morality's claim on us-especially its ostensible
aim to motivate certain actions of all persons unconditionally.
This problem of moral normativity has received extensive treatment
in analytic moral theory, but little attention has been paid to the
potential contribution that phenomenology might make to this
central debate in metaethics. In The Phenomenology of Moral
Normativity, William H. Smith takes up the question of morality's
legitimacy anew, drawing contemporary moral philosophers into
conversation with the phenomenological philosophy of Husserl,
Heidegger, and Levinas. Utilizing a two-part account of moral
normativity, Smith contends that the ground of morality itself is
second-personal-rooted in the ethical demand intrinsic to other
persons -while the ground for particular moral-obligations is
first-personal-rooted in the subject's avowal or endorsement of
certain moral norms within a concrete historical situation. Thus,
Smith argues, phenomenological analysis allows us to make sense of
an idea that has long held intuitive appeal, but that modern moral
philosophy has been unable to render satisfactorily: namely, that
the normative source of valid moral claims is simply other persons
and what we owe to them.
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