In this special issue of Journal of Critical Realism (JCR), I am delighted to present a wideranging collection of papers by imminent critical realists on the subject of normativity. Also included in the collection is a paper by Zachary Wehrwein, an American Pragmatist, who has joined the lively response to Dave Elder-Vass’s argument against moral realism. The topic of normativity was chosen because of its role in questions about the future of humanity, possibly influencing whether the human species will survive at all. For instance, without normative acknowledgement of the anthropogenic causes of climate change, it is difficult to take action to reduce carbon emissions. Although Roy Bhaskar’s original objective for critical realism was to revindicate ontology, in 2007, he issued a corrective to this, and stated that it is also necessary to consider ontology from the point of view of living in a better world; and that this requires epistemology, since we need to find out what would be necessary to achieve such progress. He therefore argued for an ontology that includes the normative call for social justice. He stated:

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特刊简介：规范性

在本期《批判现实主义杂志》（JCR）的特刊中，我很高兴介绍即将到来的批判现实主义者关于规范性的广泛论文集。集合中还包括美国实用主义者扎卡里·韦尔温（Zachary Wehrwein）的论文，他对戴夫·埃尔德·瓦斯（Dave Elder-Vass）反对道德现实主义的论点做出了积极回应。选择规范性的主题是因为它在有关人类未来的问题中的作用，这可能会影响人类是否将生存。例如，在没有对气候变化的人为原因进行规范性认识的情况下，很难采取行动减少碳排放。尽管罗伊·巴斯卡（Roy Bhaskar）提出批判现实主义的最初目标是为本体论辩护，但他在2007年对此发表了纠正意见，并指出，有必要从生活在更美好世界中的角度考虑本体论；并且这需要认识论，因为我们需要找出实现这种进步所必需的条件。因此，他主张建立一种本体论，其中包括对社会正义的规范性呼吁。他说：