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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"reflective equilibrium"”.
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Justifying Bioethical Case Decisions: Reflective Equilibrium and Mid-Level Moral Principles
… procedural approach, based on the process of reflective equilibrium described by John Rawls, but supplemented by the contractualist version put forth by T. M. Scanlon. In this deliberative process, a wide variety of factors are considered: moral theory, particular details, paradigm cases, …
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In defense of a linguistic model for reflective equilibrium in ethics
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Linguistics and Philosophy, 1990.
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Kantian constructivism and Rawlsian egalitarianism
… Rawls's Kantian Constructivism and his method of reflective equilibrium can only establish a priority of moral over non-moral considerations when attempting to resolve political-philosophical disputes."
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Coherentism in moral epistemology: moral science or elaborate intuitionism?
… that the leading form of moral coherentism, Wide Reflective Equilibrium, holds that justification is achieved by coherence only between types of moral belief; specially the more general, ‘background’ moral beliefs cohering with more specific intuition-based moral beliefs. But with nothing other …
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Peter Railton's moral realism
… to know or justify moral judgments through wide reflective equilibrium. I shall try to argue that his moral theory is a generally successful attempt to escape the Moorean charge of 'naturalistic fallacy' when advocating ethical naturalism. I will discuss both his reductionist and non-reductionist …
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Towards the Ideal: Coherence Theories of Judicial Adjudication and the Ideal Law in Hard Cases
… presented. The ideal law methodology uses narrow reflective equilibrium to determine principles of a political community, and then determines and chooses the decision with the largest weighted aggregate realization of principles. It will be argued that the ideal law methodology presents a better …
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Developing a Principles-Based Framework to Link the Governance of Genomics Research and Biobanking in Africa to Global Health Justice
… where necessary. To do this, I used the reflective equilibrium approach. This included checking the proposed framework’s principles and recommendations against current governance practices of a genomics research consortia in Africa as well as well as prompting various stakeholders to …
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Analysing Authenticity: Explaining What it is to be True to Yourself and Why this is Good
… analysis of authenticity that seeks to achieve reflective equilibrium with our considered judgments about authenticity. Given that we ordinarily take authenticity to mean “being true to oneself” and to generally be a good thing, I develop a philosophical conception of authenticity that can …
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The human image of global learning: The ethics and aesthetics of an educational idea
… data collection and analysis technique of Public Reflective Equilibrium to bring empirical data into conversation with philosophical analysis. In doing so, the empirical data challenged and strengthened my philosophical account. I argue that it is the form of the example that is critical to aiding …
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GOVERNING SHARING PLATFORMS COOPERATIVELY: ESSAYS IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY AND THE CAPABILITY APPROACH
Il presente elaborato intende contribuire, sotto forma di una collezione di quattro articoli tematici, ad una delle principali questioni che caratterizzano l’attuale discorso sulla sostenibilità: come porre rimedio agli aspetti più negativi del cosiddetto “capitalismo di piattaforma” al fine di …