NDLI: Ethics and Intuitions: A Reply to Singer

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Sandberg, Joakim Juth, Niklas
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	In a recent paper, Peter Singer suggests that some interesting new findings in experimental moral psychology support what he has contended all along—namely that intuitions should play little or no role in adequate justifications of normative ethical positions. Not only this but, according to Singer, these findings point to a central flaw in the method (or epistemological theory) of reflective equilibrium used by many contemporary moral philosophers. In this paper, we try to defend reflective equilibrium from Singer’s attack and, in part, we do this by discussing Singer’s own favoured moral methodology as outlined in his Practical Ethics. Although basing ethics solely on (certain kinds of) intuitions certainly is problematic, we argue, basing it solely on ‘reason’ gives rise to similar problems. The best solution would arguably be one which could strike a balance between the two—but, we suggest, this is precisely what reflective equilibrium is all about.
Starting Page	209
Ending Page	226
Page Count	18
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13824554
Journal	The Journal of Ethics
Volume Number	15
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15728609
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2010-07-29
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	The evolution of morality Intuitions Moral psychology Neuroscience Reflective equilibrium Peter Singer Ethics Political Philosophy Philosophy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy

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