Is Philosophy Relevant to Applied Ethics?
本文从黑格尔和杜威的历史主义、反柏拉图主义视角出发，认为道德理论只是特定时代和地点的道德直觉的系统化，强调想象力在道德进步中的作用，并得出结论：哲学与应用伦理学相关，但不如历史、法律、政治学等领域更相关。
Abstract: If, like Hegel and Dewey, one takes a historicist, anti-Platonist view of moral progress, one will be dubious about the idea that moral theory can be more than the systematization of the widely-shared moral intuitions of a certain time and place. One will follow Shelley, Dewey, and Patricia Werhane in emphasizing the role of the imagination in making moral progress possible. Taking this stance will lead one to conclude that although philosophy is indeed relevant to applied ethics, it is not more relevant than many other fields of study (such as history, law, political science, anthropology, literature, and theology).