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Understanding Moral Disagreement: A Christian Perspectivalist Approach
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Understanding Moral Disagreement: A Christian Perspectivalist Approach

Blake McAllister
Religions (Basel, Switzerland ), Vol.12(5), p.318
01/05/2021

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Arts & Humanities Religion
Deep moral disagreements exist between Christians and non-Christians. I argue that Christians should resist the temptation to pin all such disagreements on the irrationality of their disputants. To this end, I develop an epistemological framework on which both parties can be rational-the key being that their beliefs are formed from different perspectives and, hence, on the basis of different sets of evidence. I then alleviate concerns that such moral perspectivalism leads to relativism or skepticism, or that it prohibits rational discourse. I end by exploring new avenues for resolving deep moral disagreements opened up by the perspectivalist approach.
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