@article{d269a493ca36426ba15b111b7d0806cf,
title = "Readings, reconstructions, and reception: Three case studies of Anglophone reception of Cartesian ethics",
abstract = "I argue that reception history can have a, limited but important, role to play as tie- breaker in the evaluation of reconstructions of historical philosophical arguments and positions. In an effort to exemplify the proposed methodology I argue that Lisa Shapiro{\textquoteright}s rational reconstruction of Descartes{\textquoteright}s provisional moral code in terms of a broad conception of morality supplies us with an interpretative framework that have greater historiographical resources than its main competitors when it comes to the reception of Descartes{\textquoteright}s moral philosophy in an Anglophone context on three occasions: the appeal to Descartes made by Henry More, Henry Sidgwick{\textquoteright}s abrupt dis- missal, and the ensuing reaction to Sidgwick found in Grace Neal Dolson. These cases, although far from exhaustive, go some way towards showing, I maintain, how reception history can be utilized to inform and support rational reconstruction of philosophical texts.",
keywords = "Reception history, morale par provision, Descartes, Henry More, Grace Neal Dolson, Henry Sidgwick",
author = "Frits G{\aa}vertsson",
note = "ISBN: 978-91-85286-70-6",
year = "2020",
language = "English",
volume = "2020",
pages = "13--32",
journal = "Lychnos. {\AA}rsbok f{\"o}r id{\'e}- och l{\"a}rdomshistoria",
issn = "0076-1648",
publisher = "L{\"a}rdomshistoriska samfundet, Uppsala universitet",
}