Xianduan Shi

Scorekeeping Thick Ethical Concepts

An Investigation of Cross-cultural Moral Disagreement and Relativism

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Produktbeschreibung

In the 1980s, Bernard Williams made a number of plausible observations about thick ethical concepts, but without explaining why they work the way he believed. This book develops a collective version of David Lewis s conversational scorekeeping model, and demonstrates how scorekeeping can control the contents of thick ethical concepts. It provides analysis of a widely remarked phenomenon, that people from different cultures apply incongruent thick ethical concepts. The model offers a new stance that relativism of distance dissipates when one masters another culture s scoreboard, suggesting that there are at least four maturity levels corresponding to four types of relativistic attitudes: in absolutism, a self-righteous attitude; in vulgar relativism, an ecumenical attitude; in relativism of distance, a disengaged attitude; and in mature assessment, a responsible attitude. The scoreboard theory is then examined in the context of China s one-child policy. Shi suggests that understanding public policy through thick and thin ethical concepts is a new and effective approach to cross-cultural dialogue, and recommends that people learn the scoring histories of different cultures.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 256g
• ISBN-13: 9783844314007
• ISBN-10: 3844314008
• Artikelnr.: 33694508

Autorenporträt

Xianduan Shi, Ph.D., studierte Philosophie an der Universität von Utah und erhielt einen B.Phil. in Philosophie mit deutschem Nebenfach an der Sun Yat-sen Universität in China. Dr. Shi hat an der Universität von Utah, am Westminster College und am Salt Lake Community College gelehrt. Derzeit ist sie als unabhängige Wissenschaftlerin tätig.