Index
absolute truth
171–174, 177, 180
acting self
36
actual endorsement
94, 100–101, 104, 113, 128, 167–168, 188
agent-neutral
26, 72, 115, 117–119, 122–125, 127–130, 136–139,
public reason
agent-relative
26, 67, 72, 115, 117–118, 121–123, 125, 127, 130, 136–137, 139,
private reason
altruistic
157–158, 160–162, 164, 175, 183
animal will
17
autonomy
2, 5, 7–8, 15–17, 62, 73, 81, 92, 112, 115–117, 119–121, 123, 125–130, 162, 164, 175, 188–189
Bagnoli, Carla
17, 19–20, 191
Bodisattva vow
170
Buddhism
1, 4, 7, 111, 163–173, 175–179, 181–182, 189, 191, 193
Madhyamaka school
171–172
Mahayana
163, 171–172, 177
Middle Way school
177
tantric
163, 172, 178
Tibetan Buddhism
163, 177
Zen
176–177, 191
Categorical Imperative
17, 19, 79, 95, 118
Chogyam Trungpa
180
communicability
21, 35–37, 41
compassionate action
178–179
competition
117, 128
concern account
142–143, 145, 151–152, 164
conditioned existence
171, 179, 181,
relative truth
conflicting reasons
7, 76, 103, 141
constructive publicity
3–5, 22, 33–34, 38–40, 45, 48, 54, 69, 81, 123
Constructivism Thesis
5–6, 22–23, 66, 68–70
contractarian
15–19, 22, 28
co-responsibility
178
counterfactual reasons
112, 114, 139
Dalai Lama
178, 191
deontological reason
67
difference between reasons
135
difference within reasons
136
ding an sich
173–174, 181
diversity
7–8, 78, 188–189
divine command theory
11, 76, 79
efficacy account
142, 145–146
emptiness
172, 178, 181
Enlightenism
1, 3, 6–7, 23, 62–63, 66, 71–72, 92, 94, 103–104, 109–110, 113–117, 124, 128, 134, 138–141, 143, 155, 161, 164–165, 167–168, 175, 182–185, 187–190
enlightenment
1, 7, 111, 164, 168–170, 172–173, 176–180, 182–183, 185, 187, 189
entrenchment account
142, 145, 148–152
external authority
15, 168
externalist
13, 39
felt obligation
55
Forced Normativity Premise for Meaning
5, 33, 52–53,
see FNPM
Forced Normativity Premise for Meaning (FNPM)
52
Forced Normativity Premise for Reasons (FNPR)
55, 58–59, 62
Formula of Autonomy
,
see Kingdom of Ends
Four Noble Truths
165, 169, 179
Gauthier, David
16, 71, 191
Good Will
76, 110
group size account
142, 145
Hanh, Thich Nhat
163, 172, 191
Hare, Richard
71
heteronomous will
17
Hill, Thomas
16, 191
Hume, David
3, 13–16, 20, 71, 73, 78, 191
ideal reflection
93–94, 104–107, 110–112, 114, 128, 139, 167–168, 175, 183, 187–188
immoral reasons
92, 98–104, 112–113, 117, 124, 128, 168, 188
imperative force
17, 67, 87, 133, 135, 138–139, 154, 157
Instantaneous actions
113
integrity
5, 33, 85, 114, 116, 155, 159–160, 164
interconnectedness
173, 179, 181–183, 185
interdependence
1, 7, 70, 169, 171, 179–182, 184–185, 189
internalism
13, 16
Intersubjectivism
86, 88–89,
Publicity as Shareability
Kant, Immanuel
1, 12, 17–21, 26–29, 32, 42, 52, 79–80, 95–96, 110–111, 118–120, 122–129, 154, 173–174, 191–192
Kingdom of Ends
1, 3, 20, 26, 192
Korsgaard, Christine
1–7, 17, 19–52, 54–60, 62, 65–72, 76, 78, 80–92, 94–103, 111–113, 115–130, 133, 136–139, 143–144, 148, 150, 153, 159, 167–168, 175, 188–189, 191–192
Lama Govinda
176
Lama Yeshe
179, 193
linguistic consciousness
5, 22, 33, 43–49, 51–55, 60, 65, 70, 88, 116
manipulation
111, 140, 179, 186
metaethical constructivism
1, 4–5, 7, 21, 42
mind-dependent
1–2, 7, 23, 34, 68, 92
Moore, G.E.
11, 192
moral identity
28–29, 65, 90, 93–94, 98, 100–101, 104, 107, 110, 112, 114–115, 139, 150, 155–156, 158–159, 161, 167–168, 170, 181–184, 187–188
motivational force
2, 13, 15, 18, 67, 122
Nagarjuna
171, 177, 191
Nagel, Thomas
32, 68, 71, 73–74, 79, 115–117, 121, 126, 136
naturalism
8, 12–14, 18
neo-Humean
28
neo-Kantian
1–2, 20–21, 30–31, 66, 71, 95
nirvana
170, 172–173, 177, 179, 181
Noble Eightfold Path
165–168, 176, 178–180
nonself
163–164, 177–178, 181, 189
normative constructivism
1
normative force
11–12, 16, 22–23, 26, 56, 67–69, 73, 75, 77, 82, 115–117, 126, 145, 170, 189
noumenal
173–174, 181
objective realist
,
see Realist
objective reason
12, 75–77
objective validity
96
peace
61, 147, 169, 175, 183, 186
personal ambitions
,
see reasons of autonomy
personal project
120, 122, 126, 137–138, 140,
see Reasons of Ambition
phenomenal
173, 181
practical identity
22, 28–29, 65, 88–90, 91, 95–96, 98, 102, 104–105, 112–113, 115, 144, 159, 168–170, 182, 184, 187–188
Private Language Argument
34–35, 37–42, 60, 70, 115
procedural publicity
25–26, 32, 38
Procedural Thesis
18–19, 95
Publicity as Shareability
1, 21–22, 32, 45–46, 60, 65, 68–70, 88, 91, 167
publicity of meanings
4, 33–34, 38, 41–42, 59
publicity of reasons
3–5, 22, 25–26, 32–34, 38–39, 41, 45–46, 50, 69, 116, 118, 121, 139
Publicity Thesis
5, 23–24, 66, 68–70, 81
PT
23, 69, 70–71
PTS
68–71, 81–82, 93,
see Publicity Thesis
PTW
68–71, 81–82, 93,
see Publicity Thesis
Putnam, Hilary
19–20, 39, 97, 192
Quine, W. V.O.
148, 193
radical constructivism
19–21, 23, 105, 148, 159, 161
rational will
17–18
Rawls, John
1, 17–21, 26, 42, 71–72, 193
realism
1–2, 12, 16, 18, 21, 23, 25–26, 34, 37–40, 42, 66, 68, 72–73, 76–77, 79, 81, 94, 96–97, 101, 103–104, 114–115, 124, 134, 136–139, 142, 161–162, 164, 175, 182, 188
reason of obligation
117
reasons of autonomy
116–117, 119, 125–128, 130, 140
reflective endorsement
8, 81, 89, 101, 118, 139, 170, 182
reflective success
27, 99, 102
relative truth
171–172, 177, 182
relevant identities
93–94, 104, 106–107, 109–110, 112, 114–115, 134, 139, 167–168, 175, 187–188
Right Action
165, 176
Right Concentration
166
Right Effort
166
Right Intention
165, 176
Right Livelihood
166, 176
Right Mindfulness
166–167
Right Speech
165, 167, 176
Right View
165, 167, 171, 176
Scanlon, T.M.
16, 193
selfishness
1, 57–58, 111, 143, 156–158, 160–164, 175, 181, 183–185, 189
shareability
shareable
3–4, 7, 21, 35–37, 40–42, 45, 67
shared
3, 5–8, 36–37, 43, 45, 48, 55, 62, 70, 88, 115, 162–163
simple request
59, 82
simulated morality
16
smaller than humanity reasons
6, 89–90, 145, 148
Sogyal Rinpoche
176, 193
special obligations
28, 56, 92, 115
Street, Sharon
17, 148, 193
strong constructivism
71, 81–82, 92, 103, 115, 117, 121, 128, 134, 138, 188
subjectivism
1–2, 4, 13–14, 17–18, 20–22, 23, 25, 66, 68, 71–73, 78–79, 81, 84, 94, 96–97, 99, 102–104, 114–115, 142, 162, 164, 168, 175, 182, 188
suffering
75–76, 134, 136, 159, 164–168, 170–171, 176, 178, 180
supernaturalism
11–12, 14, 18
the Deductive Strategy
4, 22, 33, 42–43, 45, 52–53, 59–61, 70, 97
The Forced Normativity Premise for Meaning
,
see FNPM
The Forced Normativity Premise for Reasons
,
see FNPR
the Inductive Strategy
4, 22, 33–35, 38–43, 97
The Publicity of Linguistic Consciousness Argument
,
see PLCA
Publicity of Linguistic Consciousness Argument (PLCA)
45, 47, 53
thinking self
36
thoroughgoing constructivism
3, 19–21, 92, 94–97, 99, 101–103, 117, 124, 127–128, 133–134, 136, 138, 169, 188
Traleg Kyabgon
177
transcendental argument
17, 174, 188
transformational change
105, 159–160, 175, 183
unconditioned existence
172–174
universality
3, 5–8, 69, 78, 80–82, 88, 90, 164
Universality Thesis
5, 24, 67, 69–70, 72, 81, 91, 115
weak constructivism
24, 62, 71, 81, 93, 117
weak realism
72, 79, 115
web of beliefs
148
web of identities
148, 150, 154, 156–157, 159, 189
Wittgenstein, Ludwig
34–37, 42, 48, 70, 115, 139, 192–193