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| Title: |
The Social Theory of Anti-Liberalism |
| Author: |
Kelly, Paul |
| Appeared in: |
Critical review of international social and political philosophy |
| Paging: | Volume 9 (2006) nr. 2 pages 137-154 |
| Year: |
2006-06-01 |
| Contents: |
Value-pluralists such as John Gray support their argument by reference to the facts of ethical experience: they suggest that value-pluralism is a more realistic theory of the nature of our ethical practices and their inherent conflicts. In making this claim, this essay argues that value-pluralists are not merely providing a neutral account of ethical practices but imposing a controversial and positivistic account of morality and ethics. Against this positivistic social theory of moral and ethical practices, the paper will argue that we need a more sophisticated hermeneutic approach to moral phenomena if we are to fully account for the critical and normative dimension of ethical claims. However, once we adopt a hermeneutic approach to moral and ethical enquiry, it is by no means obvious that the strong case for value-pluralism and incommensurability advanced by John Gray can withstand critical scrutiny. Thus one of the pillars of the value-pluralist critique of liberal-egalitarianism collapses. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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