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Scorekeeping Thick Ethical Concepts: an Investigation of Cross-cultural Moral Disagreement and Relativism
Xianduan Shi Ph.d.
Scorekeeping Thick Ethical Concepts: an Investigation of Cross-cultural Moral Disagreement and Relativism
Xianduan Shi Ph.d.
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.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 1, 2011 |
ISBN13 | 9783844314007 |
Publishers | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing |
Pages | 160 |
Dimensions | 150 × 9 × 226 mm · 244 g |
Language | English |
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