@article {13496, title = {A Full-Fledged Defense of Principle-Based Ethics against Moral Particularism}, journal = {Filozofia}, volume = {77}, number = {8}, year = {2022}, pages = {608 - 625}, type = {State}, abstract = {In this paper, I try to offer a full-fledged defense of principle-based ethics against moral particularism. My discussions not only refute particularists{\textquoteright} allegations against moral generalism but also provide a positive rationale for a principle-based approach in ethics. By borrowing insights from Brandom{\textquoteright}s and Peregrin{\textquoteright}s normative pragmatism, I describe the fundamental roles of moral principles. In my view, moral principles constitute morality, and they can function as default reasons in our moral deliberations. Moreover, I argue that my principle-based conception of ethics has advantages over particularism since it explains the phenomenological experience and covers basic intuitions in the moral domain that particularists have difficulty explaining.}, keywords = {Brandom, Dancy, Generalism, holism, Particularism, Peregrin, Principles}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2022.77.8.3}, url = {https://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/10211108filozofia.2022.77.8.3.pdf}, author = {Jalilian, Mohammad} }