Limits

Abstract

In the previous chapter, I have shown that some absolutist accounts of principled moral can be interpreted as giving imagination a necessary role next to principles. In my discussion of interpretations of Kant, Arendt, Murdoch, and Levinas, I have argued that these frameworks need to rely on such a role for imagination to be fully intelligible. Nevertheless there remain serious problems with these theories. In this chapter, I will further discuss these problems and explore possibilities for reconciling the moral sentiment approach with the Kantian-universalist approach.