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Peter Winch: “Unity: Presupposition or Demand?”
Author(s) -
Burns Steven
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
philosophical investigations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.172
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1467-9205
pISSN - 0190-0536
DOI - 10.1111/phin.12287
Subject(s) - winch , presupposition , german , philosophy , epistemology , environmental ethics , engineering , linguistics , mechanical engineering
Abstract This is a translation of a paper which the late Peter Winch wrote in German for a 1987 conference. He deals with fundamental issues in ethics, especially with the Wittgensteinian idea that “primitive reactions” play a crucial role in the formation of moral concepts. It also responds to an important objection, namely that primitive reactions can be as much immoral as moral. Ranging as it does over Winch’s interests in Wittgenstein, Simone Weil and Plato, the paper can serve as a concise introduction to Winch’s work.