Value Pluralism And Ethics

Front 1

I. Problem: Justice v. Good Life

Back 1

i. Deliberation is required for judgment on questions of justice and the good life
ii. Agreement on the good life facilitates agreement on justice
iii. Disagreement on the good life complicates agreement on justice and calls for deliberation
iv. Value pluralism leads to disagreement on the good life
v. Thus, deliberation helps negotiate value pluralism

Front 2

c. Recognition

Back 2

i. Recognizing multiple identities aids in deliberation concerning value pluralism
1. Identity and value pluralism
2. Identity and discourse
ii. Problem: diverse identities must be respected but also resolved
iii. Solution: embrace difference and make it part of the debate
iv. Identity comes about, evolves, and is understood through discourse

Front 3

d. Speaking for Others

Back 3

i. One way of allowing recognition
ii. Inherently dangerous
iii. Alcoff’s Considerations
1. Implications of one’s social location
a. Some locations are discursively dangerous
2. Accountability
a. Canadian author in reading
3. Reason for speaking for others
4. Effect of speaking for others
a. Will it be beneficial or detrimental

Front 4

III. Problem: Inequality & Silencing

Back 4

a. Diverse societies are made up of diverse social identities.
b. Diversity can result in unequal power distribution.
c. Unequal power distribution can result in silencing.

Front 5

Plural Public Reason

Back 5

a. Plural public reason is enacted when individuals with different values can agree with each other for different reasons.
b. Active deliberation engenders plural public reason.