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Not a Good Fix: Constitutivism on Value Change and Disagreement
Michael Klenk1, Ibo van de Poel1
1Department of Values, Technology and Innovation, Jaffalaan 5, Delft, 2628 BX The Netherlands.
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|March 24, 2025
Summary
Thomsonian constitutivism struggles to explain value disagreement and change. Its focus on "goodness-fixing kinds" inadequately addresses these metaethical phenomena, failing to provide a robust realist framework.
Area of Science:
- Metaethics
- Moral Philosophy
- Value Theory
Background:
- Value disagreement is a central problem in metaethics.
- Value change is a related but distinct phenomenon requiring explanation.
- Thomsonian constitutivism analyzes value through 'goodness-fixing kinds'.
Purpose of the Study:
- To evaluate Thomsonian constitutivism's explanatory power for value change and disagreement.
- To determine if constitutivism adequately addresses realist challenges in metaethics.
Main Methods:
- Conceptual analysis of Thomsonian constitutivism.
- Examination of the implications of 'goodness-fixing kinds' for value phenomena.
- Distinguishing between value change and value disagreement.
Main Results:
- Thomsonian constitutivism fails to adequately explain value disagreement.
- The theory explains away disagreement rather than accounting for it.
- It inadequately explains genuine value change, only accounting for the emergence of new values.
Conclusions:
- Thomsonian constitutivism, due to its reliance on goodness-fixing kinds, is insufficient for explaining value change and disagreement.
- The theory does not offer a satisfactory solution to realist problems in metaethics concerning value variation.
- Further metaethical frameworks are needed to account for the complexities of value disagreement and change.
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