Traditional Moral Knowledge and Experience of the World

Abstract: MacIntyre shares with others, such as John McDowell, a broad commitment in moral epistemology to the centrality of tradition and both regard forms of enculturation as conditions of moral knowledge. Although MacIntyre is critical of the thought that moral reasons are available only to those whose experience of the world is conceptually articulated, he is sympathetic to the idea that the development of subjectivity involves the capacity to appreciate external moral demands. This paper critically examines some aspects of MacIntyre’s account of how knowledge is related to tradition, and suggests ways in which the formation of moral subjectivity involves the ability to experience the world.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Traditional Moral Knowledge and Experience of the World ; volume:30 ; number:1 ; year:2008 ; pages:139-155 ; extent:17 ; Analyse & Kritik ; 30, Heft 1 (2008), 139-155 (gesamt 17)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Smith, Benedict

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/auk-2008-0109
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2404171628566.039894909194
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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