„Promissory ” naturalism - comments on moral sources

Journal Title: Polish Law Review - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 1

Abstract

The term "promissory" naturalism was borrowed from Karl Raymond Popper, who used a similar term in relation to materialism in one of his criticisms of this stance . The subject of my reflections is the contemporary version of materialism - reductionist naturalism in relation to morality, which I call naturalism for simplicity . With the use of the term "promissory", I understand that the naturalistic concept of morality is the heir to ethical doctrines which it does not acknowledge, because it remains in an open opposition in relation to them, and it is built on this opposition. In other words, the naturalistic concept of morality contains hidden moral sources, which naturalism itself can neither articulate nor derive from its assumptions. I will point out that the paradoxicality of reductionist naturalism in the matter of morality lies in the fact that it is a self-defeating doctrine.<br/><br/>

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Marta Soniewicka

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Marta Soniewicka (2017). „Promissory ” naturalism - comments on moral sources. Polish Law Review, 3(1), 259-275. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-251312