Constructivism (ethics)
also contractualism, Kantian constructivism
The view that morality's content is constructed from what rational agents would agree to under fair, idealized conditions, rather than read off a mind-independent moral fact or a divine command.
Sources
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "Constructivism in Metaethics"
- John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (1971)
- T.M. Scanlon, What We Owe to Each Other (1998)