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          SUMMARY This article analyzes the thesis of ethical relativism, as defended by Alchourrón and Bulygin (1983). These authors offer, on the one hand, a suggestive conception according to which the question “what are our obligations?” is equivalent to thinking about what is to be done; on the other hand, they defend a relativist conception of ethics. They present three objections to constructivist accounts of ethics that are not relativist: a) the argument of the burden of the proof; b) a version of the dilemma of Euthyphro, and c) the argument of particularism. This article presents counterarguments to these objections in the attempt to show that they are not conclusive and that a space therefore remains for objectivity in the normative sphere.

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          RESUMEN Este artículo analiza la tesis del relativismo ético, tal y como se defiende en Alchourrón y Bulygin 1983. En ese trabajo, los autores plantean, por una parte, una sugerente concepción conforme a la cual considerar cuáles son nuestras obligaciones es equivalente a pensar qué hemos de hacer y, por otra, una concepción relativista de la ética. Presentan tres objeciones a las concepciones constructivistas de la ética que no son relativistas: a) el argumento de la carga de la prueba, b) una versión del dilema de Eutifrón y c) el argumento del particularismo. En este artículo se presentan contraargumentos a estas objeciones tratando de mostrar que no son concluyentes y que, por lo tanto, queda un espacio para la objetividad en el ámbito normativo.

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                Journal
                rhfi
                Crítica (México, D.F.)
                Crítica (Méx., D.F.)
                Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas, UNAM (México, DF, Mexico )
                0011-1503
                2017
                : 49
                : 146
                : 61-74
                Affiliations
                [1] Cataluña orgnameUniversitat Pompeu Fabra orgdiv1Departament de Dret Spain josejuan.moreso@ 123456upf.edu
                Article
                S0011-15032017000200061 S0011-1503(17)04914600061
                10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2017.181
                88aef5d8-8cb8-44d4-a659-fffb04de0e59

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 21 September 2015
                : 13 May 2016
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 37, Pages: 14
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                particularismo,carga de la prueba,constructivismo ético,relativismo ético,Alchourrón-Bulygin,particularism,burden of proof,ethical constructivism,ethical relativism

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