Free Download Matthew Congdon, "Moral Articulation: On the Development of New Moral Concepts"
English | ISBN: 0197691579 | 2023 | 256 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1182 KB + 10 MB
This book explores the historical development of new moral concepts. Starting from examples of new moral terms invented in the twentieth century, like 'sexual harassment', 'genocide', 'racism', and 'hate speech', this book asks: what we are doing when we bring ethically significant acts and events under new descriptions? Are we simply naming moral phenomena that already exist, fully formed and intact, prior to their expression in language? Or are moral phenomena sensitive to the descriptions under which they fall, such that new modes of moral expression can reshape the phenomena they bring to light?