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View article: Moral certainty, deep disagreement, and disruption
Moral certainty, deep disagreement, and disruption Open
Wittgenstein’s On Certainty has been a source of inspiration for philosophers concerned with the notion of deep disagreement (see Fogelin in Informal Logic 25(1):3–11, 2005; Pritchard in Topoi 40:1117–1125, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s1…
View article: Technomoral Resilience as a Goal of Moral Education
Technomoral Resilience as a Goal of Moral Education Open
In today’s highly dynamic societies, moral norms and values are subject to change. Moral change is partly driven by technological developments. For instance, the introduction of robots in elderly care practices requires caregivers to share…
View article: Socially Disruptive Technologies and Moral Certainty
Socially Disruptive Technologies and Moral Certainty Open
The work of Wittgenstein has so far received little attention from scholars working in the philosophy of technology. In this chapter, I relate my Wittgenstein-inspired account of moral certainty, which conceives of moral certainty as the c…
View article: Pistols, pills, pork and ploughs: the structure of technomoral revolutions
Pistols, pills, pork and ploughs: the structure of technomoral revolutions Open
The power of technology to transform religions, science, and political institutions has often been presented as nothing short of revolutionary. Does technology have a similarly transformative influence on societies’ morality? Scholars have…
View article: The dynamics of moral progress
The dynamics of moral progress Open
Assuming that there is moral progress, and assuming that the abolition of slavery is an example of it, how does moral progress occur? Is it mainly driven by specific individuals who have gained new moral insights, or by changes in the soci…
View article: Why Compensating the ‘Stayers’ for the Costs of Mobility Is the Wrong Way to Go
Why Compensating the ‘Stayers’ for the Costs of Mobility Is the Wrong Way to Go Open
Like most of the previous respondents, I agree with Ferrera that the unequal division of the costs and benefits of free movement calls for action. My main criticism concerns his proposal to compensate non-mobile citizens. In my response, I…
View article: Possibilities of Moral Progress in the Face of Evolution
Possibilities of Moral Progress in the Face of Evolution Open
Evolutionary accounts of the origin of human morality may be speculative to some extent, but they contain some very plausible claims, such as the claim that ethics evolved as a response to the demands of group living. Regarding the phenome…