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Area of Science:

  • Philosophy
  • Ethics
  • Moral Philosophy

Background:

  • Everyday ethical discussions seldom reference formal ethical theories.
  • Even professional ethicists infrequently utilize comprehensive ethical theories in their arguments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explain how ethical arguments can be successful without explicit reliance on ethical theories.
  • To propose an alternative model for ethical argumentation based on specific norms.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of the argumentative structure in five influential ethics articles.
  • Examination of the relationship between norm-based argumentation and ethical justification models.

Main Results:

  • Powerful ethical arguments often leverage specific, sturdy norms instead of general ethical theories.
  • The proposed model of norm-based ethical argumentation is compatible with the coherence model of ethical justification.

Conclusions:

  • Ethical argumentation can be effective by focusing on specific norms, which are more practical than broad theories.
  • Explicitly invoking comprehensive ethical theories is often unnecessary and potentially detrimental to practical ethical discourse.