Moral Articulation

"By introducing the concept of articulation into the debate on moral epistemology, Matthew Congdon's Moral Articulation manages to solve one of the pressing issues at stake: Where do new moral ideas come from? Overcoming the unsatisfactory alternatives between ""inventing,"" ""constructing,"" and ""discovering"" them, it is the ongoing and strenuous process of ""articulation"" that should give us a clue here. A pathbreaking contribution. Elegantly written and masterfully done, Moral Articulation is a wonderful read and a well needed proof that it takes the encompassing architecture of a monograph to make a real difference in philosophy. * Rahel Jaeggi, Professor of Social Philosophy and Political Philosophy, Humboldt University Berlin * In this deftly crafted book, Matthew Congdon aims to combine a historicized conception of moral intelligibility with realism about moral value. The circle is squared in the idea of ""moral articulation""-the act of being true to a phenomenon while also thereby shaping it. The result is a compelling new articulation of the possibilities of historically sensitive yet realist thinking in ethics. * Miranda Fricker, Julius Silver Professor of Philosophy, New York University * How do moral concepts, such as racism, take on an authority over our thinking that they did not have before? In this fascinating study, Matthew Congdon strikes an illuminating balance of a kind of realism about the object of the concept with an account of how that concept nonetheless has a historical context in which it is grasped. This rich and sophisticated treatment takes our understanding to a new level, which will doubtless have a significant influence on how to characterise our moral thinking and its development over time. * Robert Stern, Professor of Philosophy, University of Sheffield *"