O pojęciu racji do działania w filozofii analitycznej. Zarys problematyki i próba oceny możliwości badawczych

• Authors: Pyka Marek

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On the concept of reason for action in analytic philosophy. An outline of te main problems and an assessment of epistemological prospects

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Abstract: The concept of reasons for action is widely used in analytic ethics and metaethics of the last few decades, but this phrase is used in different meanings. In the paper I attempt an analysis of this concept within a fairly broad perspective and I show some sources of problems and ambiguities in its content. I argue that an adequate theory of the reasons for action could shed some light on the debate between utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics. I also argue that our recent knowledge of reasons and forms of practical reasoning could be used to resolve the debate between universalism and particularism, as well as to analyse human actions in particularly difficult situations.

Keywords

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reason for action; forms of practical reasoning; the debate over normative theory of action in ethics; universalism and particularism

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Umiejętności / Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Kwartalnik Filozoficzny
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 50
• Issue: 1-4
• Pages: 263-287

Contributors

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Pyka Marek

• Politechnika Krakowska, Instytut Ekonomii, Socjologii i Filozofii, ul. Warszawska 24, 31-155 Kraków, Poland