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Slavny, Adam, Axelsen, David, Lawford-Smith, Holly and Spiekermann, Kai P. (2020) Directed reflective equilibrium : thought experiments and how to use them. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 18 (1). pp. 1-25. doi:10.1163/17455243_20203008 ISSN 1740-4681.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1163/17455243_20203008
Abstract
In this paper we develop a new methodology for normative theorising, which we call Directed Reflective Equilibrium. Directed Reflective Equilibrium is based on a taxonomy that distinguishes between a number of different functions of hypothetical cases, including two dimensions that we call representation and elicitation. Like its predecessor, Directed Reflective Equilibrium accepts that neither intuitions nor basic principles are immune to revision and that our commitments on various levels of philosophical enquiry should be brought into equilibrium. However, it also offers guidance about how different types of cases ought to be sequenced to achieve this result. We argue that this ‘directional’ approach improves, in various ways, upon the non-directional approach of traditional Reflective Equilibrium.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics K Law [Moys] > KA Jurisprudence |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Intuition, Insight , Law -- Cases | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Moral Philosophy | ||||||
| Publisher: | Brill | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1740-4681 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 29 October 2020 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 18 | ||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1-25 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1163/17455243_20203008 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 September 2020 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 26 November 2020 | ||||||
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