Lexicon of Arguments

 

III 310
Ethics/Rorty: it’s not about the fact that we are morally obliged to feel solidarity. Literature does not help with appeals, but with a detailed description.
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III 314
Solidarity is made, not found. RortyVsKant.
((s) Kant proposes principles, Cf. >Categorical Imperative.)
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II (d) 79ff
Walzer, Michael: skeptical of terms like "reason" and "universal moral obligation."
VsKant: there is no idea or principle common to all.
Def Thin morality/Walzer: Kant’s image of the beginning: a basis that will be expanded. WalzerVs.
Def Dense morality/Walzer: all morality is "dense" from the beginning: it is culturally integrated. The road goes from initially "dense" to a "thin", more abstract morality.
II (d) 83f
RortyVsKant: we cannot dissolve conflicting loyalties by completely turning away from them towards something categorically different from loyalty - the universal moral obligation to act justly.
Rorty: we go with Hegel and Marx: the so-called moral law is, at best, a handy abbreviation for a specific network of moral practices.
>Hegel, >Marx, >Kant.
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VI 256
categorical imperative/moral/ethics/RortyVsKant: brotherhood of all humans cannot be justified by neutral criteria.
Material determination: >Utilitarianism.
Formal determination: >Principles.