Definition
Constructing goodness is the project of building moral frameworks from human values, empathy, reflection, and experience in a naturalistic universe.
Why It Matters
It places the responsibility for ethical progress on human shoulders, suggesting we can ‘build’ a better world through empathy and reason.
Core Concepts
- There may be no unique objectively mandated morality.
- Moral construction is not arbitrary if it responds to shared human needs and reasons.
- Ethical progress can occur through reflection and social learning.
- Values must be owned rather than outsourced.