This paper presents a rereading of David Little and Sumner Twiss's Comparative Religious Ethics in the context of its initial reception and legacy within the field of religious ethics and argues that we can read it more charitably as a piece of pragmatism rather than as a work of formalism or semi-formalism. If one does not read Little and Twiss as committed positivists concerned with realizing a specific research program associated with the “twilight of logical empiricism,” then their theoretical and methodological recommendations, illustrated in their case studies, appear more pragmatic in nature and less excessively rigid. By rereading Comparative Religious Ethics in this light, we can see more clearly its relevance for the field today, particularly regarding the fundamental importance of the discursive activity of practical reasoning, or the game of giving and asking for reasons, in the study of religious ethics.

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比较宗教伦理之后的伦理：以务实的眼光重读《利特尔》和《特维斯》

本文以大卫·利特尔和萨姆纳·特威斯的《比较宗教伦理学》在宗教伦理学领域的最初接受和遗产为背景，对它进行了重读，并认为我们可以更仁慈地将其视为一部实用主义著作，而不是一部形式主义著作。或半形式主义。如果人们没有将利特尔和特威斯视为坚定的实证主义者，他们关心实现与“逻辑经验主义的暮色”相关的特定研究计划，那么他们在案例研究中阐述的理论和方法论建议本质上显得更加务实，而且不那么过于僵化。 。通过从这个角度重读《比较宗教伦理学》，我们可以更清楚地看到它与当今该领域的相关性，特别是在宗教伦理学研究中实践推理的话语活动或给予和询问理由的游戏的根本重要性。