Rethinking Rationality

In this chapter, I attempt to establish the preliminary foundations which demonstrate the possibility of a post-dialectical, assertoric value theory. I set out to demonstrate that the schools of ethical rationalism, ethical naturalism, virtue ethics, and

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Stephen Petro

Rationality, Virtue, and Liberation A Post-Dialectical Theory of Value

Rationality, Virtue, and Liberation

LIBRARY OF ETHICS AND APPLIED PHILOSOPHY VOLUME 33

Editor in Chief Marcus Du¨well, Utrecht University, Utrecht, NL

Editorial Board Deryck Beyleveld, Durham University, Durham, U.K. David Copp, University of Florida, USA Nancy Fraser, New School for Social Research, New York, USA Martin van Hees, Groningen University, Netherlands Thomas Hill, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA Samuel Kerstein, University of Maryland, College Park, USA Will Kymlicka, Queens University, Ontario, Canada Philippe Van Parijs, Louvaine-la-Neuve (Belgium) en Harvard, USA Qui Renzong, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China Peter Schaber, Ethikzentrum, University of Zu¨rich, Switzerland Thomas Schmidt, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

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Stephen Petro

Rationality, Virtue, and Liberation A Post-Dialectical Theory of Value

Stephen Petro Columbia University New York, New York USA

ISSN 1387-6678 ISSN 2215-0323 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-319-02284-0 ISBN 978-3-319-02285-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-02285-7 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2013954781 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material conta