Od Humovy teze k etickému univerzalismu

• Authors: David Peroutka

Title variants

EN

From Hume’s thesis to ethical universalism

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The defence of ethical universalism can be grounded in assertion that discussion, if it is to be meaningful, assumes the validity of some minimal agreement in principles. If, however, it is a fundamental fact that the participators in the discussion of ethical questions are (at least potentially) all people, then the principles of that discussion will have universal validity. Hume’s Law, which in this study is examined in detail and precisely formulated, does not allow us to seek a generally valid basis for ethical discussion exclusively in the domain of factual assumptions. This means that the universal validity of some basic evaluative ethical principles must be recognised.

Keywords

EN

ethics; universalism; evaluation; Hume’s Law; is-ought problem; , ethical discussion; first principles

Discipline

• PHILOSOPHY: PHILOSOPHY

• Publisher: Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Filosofický časopis (Philosophical Journal)
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 539-560
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

David Peroutka

• Filosofický časopis, redakce, Filosofický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Jilská 1, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic