CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Covaci, Adina Cristina |
|---|---|
| Title | Is Morality for the Chosen Few? The Problem of Moral Deference |
| Summary | There has always been an asymmetry between the intuitions that we have regarding deference in domains such as physics or history, and in morality. While we do not question the permissibility of the former, the latter strikes us as problematic. In this thesis, I investigate what exactly is wrong with moral deference. By applying arguments from virtue epistemology to morality, I argue that this practice is impermissible because it violates a duty that we have as moral agents, namely to do our own moral reasoning and reach moral decisions by ourselves. I show that the fulfilment of this duty is necessary for virtue and if we defer we forsake the chance to be called good or moral. |
| Supervisor | Rippon, Simon Ian |
| Department | Philosophy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/covaci_adina.pdf |
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