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.
challenge, joy, justification, meaning in life, moral luck, pride, vindication
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Owen, David
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2023
Owen, David
9fc71bca-07d1-44af-9248-1b9545265a58
Owen, David
(2023)
On vindication in ethical life.
Public Reason, 15 (1), .
Abstract
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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challenge, joy, justification, meaning in life, moral luck, pride, vindication
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