Recover it from the facts as we know them

Jubb, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0956-4000 (2016) Recover it from the facts as we know them. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 13 (1). pp. 77-99. ISSN 1745-5243 doi: 10.1163/17455243-4681059

Abstract/Summary

In Andrea Sangiovanni’s words, practice-dependent theorists hold that “[t]he content, scope, and justification of a conception of [a given value] depends on the structure and form of the practices that the conception is intended to govern”. They have tended to present this as methodologically innovative, but here I point to the similarities between the methodological commitments of contemporary practice-dependent theorists and others, particularly P. F. Strawson in his Freedom and Resentment and Bernard Williams in general. I suggest that by looking at what Strawson and Williams did, we can add to the reasons for adopting one form or another of practice-dependence. The internal complexity of the practices we hope our principles will govern may require it. However, this defence of practice-dependence also puts pressure on self-identified practice-dependence theorists, suggesting that they need to do more work to justify the interpretations of the practices their theories rely on.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/43034
Identification Number/DOI	10.1163/17455243-4681059
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Politics, Economics and International Relations > Politics and International Relations
Publisher	Brill
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