Reflective Equilibrium: Essays in Honour of Robert Heeger

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Preface W. van der Burg, T. van Willigenburg. Introduction W. van der Burg, T. van Willigenburg. Part I: The Elements of Reflective Equilibrium. Moral Principles: Authoritative Norms or Flexible Guidelines? M. Verweij. Morally Relevant Facts: Particularism and Intuitionist Rationality T. van Willigenburg. Considered Judgements: Meaning, Community and Tradition A. Vedder. Background Theories and Religious Beliefs: Their Role and Relation in Reflective Equilibrium T. van den Beld. Ideals and Ideal Theory: The Problem of Methodological Conservatism W. van der Burg. Part II: The Methodology of Reflective Equilibrium. Rationality, Warrant and Reflective Equilibrium E. Herrmann. The Thinker and the Thinking Process: A Feminist Perspective on the Moral Faculty M. Verkerk. Wide Reflective Equilibrium and the Justification of Moral Theory B. Petersson. Your Intuition or Mine? I. de Beaufort. Part III: The Scope of Reflective Equilibrium: Fundamental Views of Life and Religion. Religious Models and Moral Principles V. Brummer. Reflective Equilibrium and Cosmological Claims C.R. Brakenhielm. World Views, Value Change and Reflective Equilibrium A. Jeffner. Part IV: The Purposes of Reflective Equilibrium: Modelling Public Debate and Dialogue. Reflective Equilibrium and Public Debate: How to Cast the Public's Web of Beliefs Broadly Enough J. Vorstenbosch. Developing Public Morality: Between Practical Agreement and Intersubjective Reflective Equilibrium F.W.A. Brom. The Case of Shared Values: An Example of a Socratic Dialogue J. Kessels Part V: Case Studies in Bioethics. The 'Herman Case': The Usefulness of the Wide ReflectiveEquilibrium Model for Ethics Committees E. Schroten. The Use of the Reflective Equilibrium Method in Normative Veterinary Ethics B. Rutgers. Infanticide in Reflective Equilibrium G. Collste. Reflective Equilibrium as a Normative-Empirical Model in Bioethics J.J.M. van Delden, G.J.M.W. van Thiel. Bibliography. List of Contributors. Name Index. Tabula Gratulatorum.

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