%0 Journal Article %J Filozofia %D 2022 %T A Full-Fledged Defense of Principle-Based Ethics against Moral Particularism %A Jalilian, Mohammad %K Brandom %K Dancy %K Generalism %K holism %K Particularism %K Peregrin %K Principles %X In this paper, I try to offer a full-fledged defense of principle-based ethics against moral particularism. My discussions not only refute particularists’ allegations against moral generalism but also provide a positive rationale for a principle-based approach in ethics. By borrowing insights from Brandom’s and Peregrin’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. %B Filozofia %V 77 %P 608 - 625 %G English %U https://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/10211108filozofia.2022.77.8.3.pdf %9 State %$ Original Articles %R https://doi.org/10.31577/filozofia.2022.77.8.3