Varieties of foundationalism and anti-foundationalism in ethics: a map

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  • Gustavo Ortiz-Millán Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - University of California, Berkeley

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/isegoria.2009.i41.677

Keywords:

Ethical foundationalism, Ethical anti-foundationalism, Carlos Pereda

Abstract


In his book Vértigos argumentales, Carlos Pereda proposes a classification of foundationalist and anti-foundationalist theories of epistemic justification and suggests that something similar can be done about practical justification. Here I develop a classification of theories of moral justification in the same terms. Finally, I analyze how what Pereda calls a multi-foundationalist theory of moral justification would be like.

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Published

2009-12-30

How to Cite

Ortiz-Millán, G. (2009). Varieties of foundationalism and anti-foundationalism in ethics: a map. Isegoría, (41), 293–310. https://doi.org/10.3989/isegoria.2009.i41.677

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