Is moral perception essentially rule-governed?a critical assessment of generalismand a limited defense of particularism

• Autores: Peter Shiu Hwa Tsu
• Localización: Crítica: revista hispanoamericana de filosofía, ISSN 0011-1503, Vol. 52, Nº. 156, 2020, págs. 31-57
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2020.1222
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  • español

    La percepción moral, para los propósitos de este artículo, se considera lapercepción de propiedades morales, a menos que los contextos dicten lo contrario.Si bien tanto los particularistas como los generalistas están de acuerdo en quepodemos percibir las propiedades morales de una acción o un rasgo, no estánde acuerdo, sin embargo, sobre si las reglas desempeñan un papel esencial enla percepción moral. Los particularistas abogan por una respuesta “no”, mientrasque los generalistas dicen “sí”. En este artículo, ofrezco una defensa limitada delparticularismo refutando varios argumentos generalistas poderosos. Se espera queel particularismo pueda hacerse más atractivo como teoría de la percepción moral.A lo largo del camino, también se proporcionarán argumentos positivos para elparticularismo

  • English

    Moral perception, for the purposes of this article, is taken to be theperception of moral properties, unless contexts dictate otherwise. While both partic-ularists and generalists agree that we can perceive the moral properties of an actionor a feature, they disagree, however, over whether rules play any essential role inmoral perception. The particularists argue for a ‘no’ answer, whereas the generalistssay ‘yes’. In this paper, I provide a limited defense of particularism by rebuttingseveral powerful generalist arguments. It is hoped particularism can thus be mademore attractive as a theory of moral perception. Positive arguments for particularismwill also be provided along the way.

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