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In this article, by examining moral judgments about the good from the viewpoint of Korsgaard’s constructivism, I consider how constructivists explain the normativity of moral values, and how they present a possible means of resolving the controversy between realism and non-cognitivism concerning moral values. First, I specify what it is to be a constructivist (sec. 2). Second, by examining a constructivist criticism of realism (sec. 3-4) and the rationalist theory about the good which constructivism advocates (sec. 5), I show that an important feature of the constructivist account of the normativity of moral values lies in emphasizing the procedure of making moral judgments in the light of our multiple agency. Third, I define what it is to be a reason — a concept which constructivism presupposes (sec. 6). Last, I reply to some objections to constructivism (sec. 7). In this article, I particularly consider G. E. Moore’s realism and investigate constructivism’s explanation of normativity
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In this article, by examining moral judgments about the good from the viewpoint of Korsgaard’s constructivism, I consider how constructivists explain the normativity of moral values, and how they present a possible means of resolving the controversy between realism and non-cognitivism concerning moral values. First, I specify what it is to be a constructivist (sec. 2). Second, by examining a constructivist criticism of realism (sec. 3-4) and the rationalist theory about the good which constructivism advocates (sec. 5), I show that an important feature of the constructivist account of the normativity of moral values lies in emphasizing the procedure of making moral judgments in the light of our multiple agency. Third, I define what it is to be a reason — a concept which constructivism presupposes (sec. 6). Last, I reply to some objections to constructivism (sec. 7). In this article, I particularly consider G. E. Moore’s realism and investigate constructivism’s explanation of normativity
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