ABSTRACT Rowland’s message in Morality by Design mirrors Kant’s ‘moral argument’ for God. As such, he is part of a global trend in philosophy towards a ‘religious renaissance’, also reflected in the work of orthodox critical realists, especially those who are drawn to (Kantian-inspired) Jurgen Habermas and/or (Pragmatist) John Dewey in addition to Roy Bhaskar. Many orthodox critical realists may not realize that their approach – which assumes the existence of an absolute, innate, embedded morality – ultimately requires the idea of God to be consistent. By conflating faith with reason, this religious renaissance offers a progressive-sounding discourse that can be used to legitimise activism to achieve socially conservative, yet politically left wing, policy outcomes, norm formation and judicial interpretations. It therefore threatens the hard-won rights of women and members of the LGBTQ community. This review essay offers Bhaskar's original critical realism as an antidote to the religious renaissance in philosophy.

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韦德·罗兰德的《设计道德》反映了宗教的哲学复兴。对女性和LGBTQ来说“很毒”

摘要罗兰（Rowland）在《道德设计》中传达的信息反映了康德对上帝的“道德论证”。因此，他是全球“宗教复兴”哲学趋势的一部分，也反映在正统的批判现实主义者的作品中，尤其是那些吸引（受康德式启发的）于尔根·哈贝马斯和/或（实用主义者）约翰·杜威的人除了Roy Bhaskar。许多正统的批判现实主义者可能没有意识到他们的方法（假设存在一种绝对的，与生俱来的，内在的道德）最终需要上帝的观念是一致的。通过将信仰与理性相结合，这种宗教复兴提供了一种听起来颇具进步意义的话语，可用于使激进主义合法化，以实现社会保守但在政治上却不属于左翼，政策成果，规范形成和司法解释。因此，它威胁到妇女和LGBTQ社区成员来之不易的权利。这篇评论文章提供了巴斯卡尔的原始批判现实主义，作为对哲学宗教复兴的解毒剂。