If You Can Understand This Essay, Then You Have Moral Rights and Moral Duties
Alan Gewirth’s work on moral and political philosophy attracted a great deal of attention between 1978 and 2000, but has received very little attention since then. This essay aims to revive interest in Gewirth’s work by providing a more direct and straightforward version of his core argument for obj...
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doaj-7a6a270ab8e24d57a8f8b76aa5d37d7d2021-09-22T06:13:18ZengDe GruyterOpen Philosophy2543-88752020-05-013116117410.1515/opphil-2020-0011opphil-2020-0011If You Can Understand This Essay, Then You Have Moral Rights and Moral DutiesWhite Alan0Department of Philosophy, Williams College, Williamstown, United States of AmericaAlan Gewirth’s work on moral and political philosophy attracted a great deal of attention between 1978 and 2000, but has received very little attention since then. This essay aims to revive interest in Gewirth’s work by providing a more direct and straightforward version of his core argument for objective moral rights and duties and clarifying how a Gewirthian moral and political theory can proceed beyond the conclusion of the core argument.https://doi.org/10.1515/opphil-2020-0011gewirth alandeontologyconsequentialismvirtue ethicshuman rightsmoral rightsmoral dutiesstructural-systematic philosophy |
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Alan Gewirth’s work on moral and political philosophy attracted a great deal of attention between 1978 and 2000, but has received very little attention since then. This essay aims to revive interest in Gewirth’s work by providing a more direct and straightforward version of his core argument for objective moral rights and duties and clarifying how a Gewirthian moral and political theory can proceed beyond the conclusion of the core argument. |
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