“In ordinary English, the words we frequently use words like ‘normative’, ‘moral’, and ‘ethical’ in loose and imprecise ways. Sometimes, these terms are used interchangeably, and so one could say that a ‘normative argument’ is an ‘ethical argument’ and that both of those phrases are equivalent to ‘moral argument’. There is nothing wrong these usages – as long as they are clear. But we may have a need for more precise terminology that allows us to make distinctions between different kinds of reasons for action. In the discussion that follows, I will lay out a proposed set of stipulated technical definitions for these terms …” (more)
[Lawrence Solum, Legal Theory Blog, 15 November]
First posted 2020-11-16 04:09:02
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