TY  - CHAP
AB  - Purpose – To develop an alternate metaethical framework based upon a specific modality of difference.Methodology/approach – A radicalisation of Moore's naturalistic fallacy and the application of the open question argument within the broader context of the continental tradition allow one to direct the ethical question away from non-naturalism and towards a speculative ethics.Findings – Suggesting an ethical modality irreducible to ontological description or political prescription, the chapter argues for a metaethics of ‘exhortation’.Originality/value of chapter – The chapter opens a new space for thinking ethics, and further encourages the continuing rapprochement between continental and analytical traditions in philosophy.Practical implications – Questions of practical ethics will find new modes of engagement and expression in the context of a hortative metaethics.
VL  - 12
SN  - 978-1-78052-878-6, 978-1-78052-879-3/1042-3192
DO  - 10.1108/S1042-3192(2012)0000012014
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1042-3192(2012)0000012014
AU  - Love Kevin
ED  - Kevin Love
PY  - 2012
Y1  - 2012/01/01
TI  - Toward a Speculative Ethics
T2  - Ethics in Social Research
T3  - Studies in Qualitative Methodology
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 207
EP  - 230
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -