Metaetyka systemów społecznych. Teorioetyczne aspekty koncepcji N. Luhmanna

Authors

  • Jacek Jaśtal Politechnika Krakowska

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14394/etyka.1285

Keywords:

history of ethics, metaethics, systems theory, N. Luhmann

Abstract

One of the concepts of historical development of ethics states that "moral theories cannot intelligibly be assessed except by their success or failure in dealing with these historically-conditioned problems". (T. Irwin).  The aim of this article is to try to answer the question whether Luhmann's systems theory can be used to explain the historical variability of ethical theories and fulfill the role of a kind of metaethics.  This requires examining whether the theory can explain the function of morality, its social, cultural and historical variability and the role of ethical theories. Luhmann's theory passes this test in a way that is at least satisfactory, although at the cost of rejecting many assumptions made in traditional ethics.

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Author Biography

Jacek Jaśtal, Politechnika Krakowska

PhD in philosophy, Cracow University of Technology. He deals with metaethics and the relations between ethical theories and social transformations. He published, among others, "Nature of virtues" (2009) and "Time and timelessness. Social constructions and personal experiences" (2018, together with I. Butmanowicz-Dębicka).

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Na pomidorowoczerwonym tle niebieski tytuł "ETYKA", Instytut Filozofii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, tom 59 numer 1/2020, w tym numerze piszą: Bomastyk, Dąbrowski, Jaśtal, Kuźniar, Maciąg, Polak, Radzińska, Zając

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Published

2020-08-03

How to Cite

Jaśtal, Jacek. 2020. “Metaetyka systemów społecznych. Teorioetyczne Aspekty Koncepcji N. Luhmanna”. Etyka 59 (1). Warsaw, Poland:7-25. https://doi.org/10.14394/etyka.1285.

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Vol. 59 No. 1 (2020)

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