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On vindication in ethical life

On vindication in ethical life
On vindication in ethical life
This paper introduces reflection on the concept of vindication in ethical life. It distinguishes vindication from justification and asks how the reflective stances towards our ethical agency that they institute differ. It argues that these reflective stances, and the forms of accounting that each institutes are importantly distinct but also necessary elements of any ethical outlook, and ones that can be related to one another in more than one way. It concludes by relating this argument to themes from the ‘morality critics’, especially those of meaning in life and moral luck raised by Susan Wolf and Bernard Williams.
2065-7285
3-18
Owen, David
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Owen, David
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Owen, David (2023) On vindication in ethical life. Public Reason, 14 (2), 3-18.

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This paper introduces reflection on the concept of vindication in ethical life. It distinguishes vindication from justification and asks how the reflective stances towards our ethical agency that they institute differ. It argues that these reflective stances, and the forms of accounting that each institutes are importantly distinct but also necessary elements of any ethical outlook, and ones that can be related to one another in more than one way. It concludes by relating this argument to themes from the ‘morality critics’, especially those of meaning in life and moral luck raised by Susan Wolf and Bernard Williams.

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Published date: 2023

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Local EPrints ID: 502398
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/502398
ISSN: 2065-7285
PURE UUID: 2e9ee301-a4d7-4681-835e-cc1d8034c1aa
ORCID for David Owen: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-8865-6332

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Date deposited: 25 Jun 2025 16:32
Last modified: 26 Jun 2025 01:35

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