How moral disagreement may ground principled moral compromise
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How moral disagreement may ground principled moral compromise. / Kappel, Klemens.
In: Politics, Philosophy & Economics, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2018, p. 75-96.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - How moral disagreement may ground principled moral compromise
AU - Kappel, Klemens
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - In an influential article, Simon C. May forcefully argued that, properly understood, there can never be principled reasons for moral compromise (May, 2005). While there may be pragmatic reasons for compromising that involve, for instance, concern for political expediency or for stability, there are properly speaking no principled reasons to compromise. My aim in the article is to show how principled moral compromise in the context of moral disagreements over policy options is possible. I argue that when we disagree, principled reasons favoring compromises or compromising can assume a more significant part of what makes a position all things considered best, and in this way disagreement can ground moral compromise.
AB - In an influential article, Simon C. May forcefully argued that, properly understood, there can never be principled reasons for moral compromise (May, 2005). While there may be pragmatic reasons for compromising that involve, for instance, concern for political expediency or for stability, there are properly speaking no principled reasons to compromise. My aim in the article is to show how principled moral compromise in the context of moral disagreements over policy options is possible. I argue that when we disagree, principled reasons favoring compromises or compromising can assume a more significant part of what makes a position all things considered best, and in this way disagreement can ground moral compromise.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - compromise
KW - moral compromise
KW - principled compromise
KW - disagreement
KW - moral disagreement
U2 - 10.1177/1470594X17729132
DO - 10.1177/1470594X17729132
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 75
EP - 96
JO - Politics, Philosophy and Economics
JF - Politics, Philosophy and Economics
SN - 1470-594X
IS - 1
ER -
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