Thanks for the thoughtful post. I think you are onto something interesting here!
I like the move of trying to frame ethics in pragmatic terms (i.e., focused on what we actually are and could/should be doing rather then on a-priori assumptions) and would argue that your argument hits onto something really important in this regard. Imo, there is much to learn from pragmatic philosophy to further elaborate on your insight.
Having said that, I am not sure that assigning new meanings to already heavily used terms like “virtue ethics” or “consequentialism” is the right way to go here. Imo, people are bound to be confused by this. Maybe it would make sense to frame it slightly differently by creating a “new model” for ethics that consists of the components you identify and then simply state that “component Y could be informed by prior work on X” where Y is a useful term for the component, and X is one of the already used terms like virtue ethics.
Hope this helps you flesh out this idea further! Feel free to reach out to me if you want to discuss.
Thanks for the thoughtful post. I think you are onto something interesting here!
I like the move of trying to frame ethics in pragmatic terms (i.e., focused on what we actually are and could/should be doing rather then on a-priori assumptions) and would argue that your argument hits onto something really important in this regard. Imo, there is much to learn from pragmatic philosophy to further elaborate on your insight.
Having said that, I am not sure that assigning new meanings to already heavily used terms like “virtue ethics” or “consequentialism” is the right way to go here. Imo, people are bound to be confused by this. Maybe it would make sense to frame it slightly differently by creating a “new model” for ethics that consists of the components you identify and then simply state that “component Y could be informed by prior work on X” where Y is a useful term for the component, and X is one of the already used terms like virtue ethics.
Hope this helps you flesh out this idea further! Feel free to reach out to me if you want to discuss.