Sherwin Klein develops and defends an endoxic, eliminative method for justifying fundamental principles in ethics. Regulative endoxa (premises that are universally or widely accepted on reflection) are the method's evaluative criteria. Klein shows that they are the necessary condition for the possibility of ethical knowledge; he also provides criteria for determining their adequacy and distinguishes them from conventional moral opinions. He discusses, in detail, the use of this method by Plato, Aristotle, Hume, and Kant; Mill's use of endoxa is also discussed. The method is defended against challenges by MacIntyre, Nietzsche, and Kierkegaard.
| ISBN: | 9780820445526 |
| Publication date: | 24th November 2000 |
| Author: | Sherwin Klein |
| Publisher: | P. Lang an imprint of Lang, Peter, Publishing Inc. |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 260 pages |
| Series: | American University Studies. |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Philosophy Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge |