My chapter deals with an important part of how Wolff pursued the normative ambitions of his ethics in giving practical guidance with regard to specific moral issues. I first consider how Wolff’s ethics tackles the duties to others, which traditionally represent a difficult issue for moral perfectionism. In this regard, I argue that Wolff’s strategy combines two aspects: (a) he includes in perfection non-active aspects and (b) operates with an agent-neutral notion of perfection, in spite of important passages that might suggest differently. I then focus on Wolff’s treatment of the duties concerning veracity and lying, and show how it follows that general strategy. Combining its two aspects, Wolff examines specific moral issues by adopting a non-welfarist notion of benefit and harm as the standard that can give guidance about practical cases.
Wolff, the Pursuit of Perfection and What We Owe to Each Other: The Case of Veracity and Lying / S. Bacin - In: Christian Wolff's German Ethics: New Essays / [a cura di] S. Schierbaum, M. Walschots, J. Walsh. - [s.l] : Oxford University Press, 2024. - ISBN 9780192869562. - pp. 237-252 [10.1093/oso/9780192869562.003.0012]
Wolff, the Pursuit of Perfection and What We Owe to Each Other: The Case of Veracity and Lying
S. Bacin
2024
Abstract
My chapter deals with an important part of how Wolff pursued the normative ambitions of his ethics in giving practical guidance with regard to specific moral issues. I first consider how Wolff’s ethics tackles the duties to others, which traditionally represent a difficult issue for moral perfectionism. In this regard, I argue that Wolff’s strategy combines two aspects: (a) he includes in perfection non-active aspects and (b) operates with an agent-neutral notion of perfection, in spite of important passages that might suggest differently. I then focus on Wolff’s treatment of the duties concerning veracity and lying, and show how it follows that general strategy. Combining its two aspects, Wolff examines specific moral issues by adopting a non-welfarist notion of benefit and harm as the standard that can give guidance about practical cases.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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