Partially Examined Life #370: Christine Korsgaard on the History of Ethics (Part Two) @ThePartiallyExaminedLife
Partially Examined Life #370: Christine Korsgaard on the History of Ethics (Part Two)  @ThePartiallyExaminedLife
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We dive further into the text of lectures 1 and 2 of The Sources of Normativity (1996).

We give Korsgaard's account of the idea of reflective endorsement through Hume and Bernard Williams to get to her own view. When you come to know the origins of your moral sentiments, do you still stand behind them?

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