Charles Taylor: The Malaises of Modernity and the Moral Sources of the Self  

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Kitchen, Gary

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Philosophy & Social Criticism vol. 25 no. 3 (Mei 1999), page 29–55.
Topik: ethics ; identity ; modernity ; Taylor ; truth
Fulltext: 29PSC253.pdf (283.11KB)

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This paper examines Taylor’s moral realism in the light of his criticisms of ‘our subjectivist civilization’. I argue that his work is valuable in its stress on the link between identity and moral judgement and its picture of human beings as ‘strong evaluators’, but I dispute that these considerations lead to moral realism if this is taken to include a claim to truth. Specifically, I argue that Taylor’s ‘Best Account’ principle may generate radical inconsistency and his depiction of practical reason does not lead to any hope of convergence. His own theism serves to illustrate these difficulties.

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