Butt, Trevor (2000) Pragmatism, constructivism and ethics. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 13 (2). pp. 85-101. ISSN 1072-0537
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Stojnov (1996) has argued that personal construct psychology furnishes us with a universalist, as opposed to a relativist, ethics. This is a universalism of form rather than content of construing: we have a "personal responsibility of knowledge". The author critiques Stojnov's view, arguing that the Sociality Corollary does indeed provide an ethical basis for Kelly's thought. However, he contends that the construct universalism/relativism is of limited value, and that the apparent relativism in constructivism provides a valuable guide to moral construing. It is argued that the certainty that comes from moral absolutism readily leads not to moral action, but to moralism. The foundationlessness of constructivism provides a valuable counterbalance to this moralism.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Schools: | School of Human and Health Sciences |
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Depositing User: | Sara Taylor |
Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2008 11:35 |
Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2021 10:43 |
URI: | http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/2940 |
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