Moral Judgement: An Introduction through Anglo-American, German and French Philosophy

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Moral Judgment: Contemporary French, German and AngloAmerican Perspectives offers a novel account of the nature and justification of moral judgments by integrating Kantian and Aristotelian reflections on this subject. In the authors view, moral judgments are ultimately grounded in the normativity of practical identities. In other words, it is by identifying the obligations tied to the multiple dimensions of our identities ( for example, friend, teacher, romantic partner, citizen) that we can ultimately understand how we ought to act. As both Aristotle and Kant recognized, however, doing so requires the acquisition of moral virtues which allow us to better discern practical reasons in concrete situations.

This book is the first to relate analytic reflections on moral judgment to philosophical contributions on this topic stemming from both France and Germany, many of which remain untranslated.

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"In this concise and insightful book, tienne Brown tells the contemporary story of an important historical debate. The author offers an impressive historical exploration of Kantian and Aristotelian understandings or moral judgement in different philosophical and cultural contexts, but his greatest merit lies in its relentless effort to find a philosophical truce between the two opposing camps." --Daniel Tanguay, professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Ottawa

"This book carefully reconstructs an enduring and unresolved debate between moral theories rooted in the thought of Aristotle and Kant. This is neither a partisan intervention nor a simple synthesis. Instead, Brown uses historiography to build a novel conception of practical rationality nourished by two great philosophical traditions." --Alain Renaut, professor emeritus, Sorbonne Universit

"In this judicious and enormously helpful book, tienne Brown has bridged the Continental-Analytic divide to present the first-ever account of the controversies between Aristotelians and Kantians that have shaped much of moral philosophy in Germany, France, and the Anglo-American world over the past 100 years. A must-read for philosophers." --Charles Larmore, Brown University

In this concise and insightful book, tienne Brown tells the contemporary story of an important historical debate. The author offers an impressive historical exploration of Kantian and Aristotelian understandings or moral judgement in different philosophical and cultural contexts, but his greatest merit lies in its relentless effort to find a philosophical truce between the two opposing camps.

In this judicious and enormously helpful book, tienne Brown has bridged the Continental-Analytic divide to present the first-ever account of the controversies between Aristotelians and Kantians that have shaped much of moral philosophy in Germany, France, and the Anglo-American world over the past 100 years. A must-read for philosophers.

This book carefully reconstructs an enduring and unresolved debate between moral theories rooted in the thought of Aristotle and Kant. This is neither a partisan intervention nor a simple synthesis. Instead, Brown uses historiography to build a novel conception of practical rationality nourished by two great philosophical traditions.

Author Bio

tienne Brown is assistant professor in the department of philosophy at San Jos State University, where he teaches digital ethics to the aspiring computer scientists of Silicon Valley. In addition to his writings on moral judgement, his work focuses on political philosophy and the philosophy of technology. He has lived and worked in Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States.