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  1. Nevertheless, from a pragmatic perspective the question remains as to whether knowledge is a sufficient and appropriate condition for virtue, if, in other words, the originality of the ethical is explicable as a form of propositional knowledge.

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  2. In a irst section I show that Plato and Kant already claimed that the originality of the ethical cant be represented as either propositional knowledge or a norm, but is instead given to us in a way that is never fully available for our rational grasp.

    • Andreas Hetzel
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  4. In a first section I show that Plato and Kant already claimed that the originality of the ethical cant be represented as either propositional knowledge or a norm, but is instead given to us...

  5. Things You Can Know: Types of Knowledge. Philosophers classify knowledge not only by source but also by type. Propositional knowledge is knowledge of propositions or statements. A proposition or statement is a declarative sentence with a truth value—that is, a sentence that is either true or false.

  6. Abstract. Moral understanding is a valuable epistemic and moral good. I argue that moral understanding is the ability to know right from wrong. I defend the account against challenges from nonreductionists, such as Alison Hills, who argue that moral understanding is distinct from moral knowledge.

    • Paulina A. Sliwa
    • 2017
  7. Jan 15, 2021 · Key Terms. Ethics, or moral philosophy, is the branch of philosophy concerned with the evaluation of human actions. It is the study of morality, or right and wrong.

  8. Jun 14, 2010 · 1. The Ethics of Belief: A brief history. 1.1 Origins of the debate. 1.2 The ethics of belief before the 19 th -century. 2. Doxastic Norms. 2.1 Kinds of norms: prudential, moral, epistemic. 2.2 Structures of norms: hypothetical vs. categorical. 2.3 Degrees of reflective access. 2.4 Relations between doxastic norms. 3.