一、引言当代道德哲学家所涉猎的问题范围甚广。这些问题包括,道德语言的意义,价值与义务的本质,各种规范理论的正当性,以及我们对于动物和未来人类所可能负有的责任。当代道德哲学家对于道德理论本身的问题则关注甚少:它们是什么,何以我们需要拥有它们,以及我们要用什么方法来建构它们。在本文中,我将涉及这样一些问题。我所主 I. Introduction Contemporary moral philosophers are involved in a wide range of issues. These questions include the meaning of moral language, the nature of values ​​and obligations, the legitimacy of various normative theories, and our possible responsibility to animals and future humankind. Contemporary moral philosophers pay little attention to the problems of moral theory itself: what they are, why we need them, and what methods we use to construct them. In this article, I will cover some of these issues. My Lord