Reflective Equilibrium Essays in Honour of Robert Heeger
Robert Heeger has been professor of ethics at Utrecht University since 1977, both at the Faculty of Theology and at the Faculty of Philosophy. Since 1985, he has also been teaching at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Before he came to Utrecht, he had w
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LIBRARY OF ETHICS AND APPLIED PHILOSOPHY VOLUME 2
Managing Editor: Govert A. den Hartogh, University ofAmsterdam, The Netherlands
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
REFLECTIVE EQUILIBRIUM Essays in Honour of Robert Heeger Editedby
WIBREN VAN DER BURG Schoordijk Institute, Tzlburg University, The Netherlands
and
THEO VAN WILLIGENBURG Department of Philosophy, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.Y.
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ISBN 978-94-010-6087-5 ISBN 978-94-011-4972-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-4972-3
The publication ofthis book was made possible by tinancial support from The Netherlands Organisation for Scientitic Research (NWO)
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Contents Wibren van der Burg and Thea van Willigenburg Preface
vii
Wibren van der Burg and Thea van Willigenburg Introduction
1
Part I. The Elements of Reflective Equilibrium Marcel Verweij Moral Principles: Authoritative Nonns or Flexible Guidelines?
29
Thea van Willigenburg Morally Relevant Facts: Particularism and Intuitionist Rationality
41
Anton Vedder Considered Judgements: Meaning, Community and Tradition
55
Ton van den Beld Background Theories and Religious Beliefs: Their Role and Relation in Reflective Equilibrium
73
Wibren van der Burg Ideals and Ideal Theory: The Problem of Methodological Conservatism
89
Part II. The Methodology of Reflective Equilibrium Eberhard Herrmann Rationality, Warrant and Reflective Equilibrium
103
Marian Verkerk The Thinker and the Thinking Process: A Feminist Perspective on the Moral Faculty
115
Bo Petersson Wide Reflective Equilibrium and the Justification of Moral Theory
127
Inez de Beaufort Your Intuition or Mine?
135
Part III. The Scope of Reflective Equilibrium: Fundamental Views of Life and Religion Vincent Briimmer Religious Models and Moral Principles
145
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Carl Reinhold Brakenhielm Reflective Equilibrium and Cosmological Claims
157
Anders Ieffner World Views, Value Change and Reflective Equilibrium
171
Part IV. The Purposes of Reflective Equilibrium: Modelling Public Debate and Dialogue Ian Vorstenbosch Reflective Equilibrium and Public Debate: How to Cast the Public's Web of Beliefs Broadly Enough
177
Frans W.A. Brom Developing Public Morality: Between Practical Agreement and Intersubjective Reflective Equilibrium
191
los Kessels The Case of the Shared Values: An Example of a Socratic Dialogue
203
Part V. Case Studies in Bioethics Egbert Schroten The 'Herman
