Overview
- First detailed and explicit application of a comprehensive account of the method of reflective equilibrium
- Groundbreaking work on the justification of moral principles such as the precautionary principle
- Provides a methodological framework for researchers who want to apply RE
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
Part of the book series: Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning (LARI, volume 27)
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About this book
This open access book provides the first explicit case study for an application of the method of reflective equilibrium (RE), using it to develop and defend a precautionary principle. It thereby makes an important and original contribution to questions of philosophical method and methodology. The book shows step-by-step how RE is applied, and develops a methodological framework which will be useful for everyone who wishes to use reflective equilibrium. With respect to precautionary principles, the book demonstrates how a rights-based precautionary principle can be constructed and defended.
The case study succeeds in demonstrating that RE can be successfully applied and puts real constraints on the justification process. This is all the more remarkable as the case study was designed as an open-ended process, without presupposing any specific results. This book will be highly relevant both to people interested in philosophical methodology and epistemology, as well as to researchers who are interested in using philosophical methods and tools and applying them to practical problems.
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Keywords
- Reflective Equilibrium
- Precautionary Principle
- Applying Reflective Equilibrium
- Philosophical Method
- Methodology of Ethics
- Moral Justification
- Applied Ethics
- Climate Ethics
- Decisions under uncertainty
- Uncertain harm
- Method and applications of Reflective Equilibrium
- Developing a Candidate System
- Process of Adjustments
- Reaching a State of Reflective Equilibrium
- Toolbox for Applying Reflective Equilibrium
- Elgin and reflective equilibrium
- Baumberger and reflective equilibrium
- Brun and reflective equilibrium
- Open Access
Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Reviews
“Rechnitzer’s ambitious book carefully traces an application of reflective equilibrium (RE) to advance a novel justification of a precautionary principle. In doing so she provides a means for assessing RE as a (philosophical) procedure.” (Bert Baumgaertner, Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, January 28, 2023)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Tanja Rechnitzer is a philosopher working at the intersection of practical and theoretical philosophy. She is especially interested in how we can make philosophical methods and tools fruitful for practical problems – but also in what we can learn from such practical applications on a theoretical level. Rechnitzer is currently an assistant professor at the Leibniz University Hannover, Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Applying Reflective Equilibrium
Book Subtitle: Towards the Justification of a Precautionary Principle
Authors: Tanja Rechnitzer
Series Title: Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04333-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04332-1Published: 02 July 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-04335-2Published: 02 July 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-04333-8Published: 01 July 2022
Series ISSN: 2214-9120
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9139
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 273
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Epistemology, Ethics, Philosophy of Nature