WHENCE THE DEMAND FOR ETHICAL THEORY?

Abstract Where does the impetus towards ethical theory come from? What drives humans to make values explicit, consistent, and discursively justifiable? This paper situates demand for in human life by identifying practical needs that give rise it. Such a derivation puts its place: while finding home it public decision-making of modern societies, our account also imposes limitations on presenting as scalable context-sensitive. differentiates strong forms calling from weaker less, contexts where has place is out place. In light this, subjecting personal deliberation turns involve trade-off.