A common feature of all versions of constitutivism is the “simple constitutivist move” to the effect that engagement in any enterprise requires respecting the constitutive standards of the enterprise on pain of failing to engage in it. The move is both trivial and powerful in addressing skeptical challenges. I argue that this move only helps transmitting the robust authority of standards that are externally grounded, even when applied to functional items or constitutive aims. This is not a problem for modest versions of constitutivism, but more ambitious constitutivists seems to require supplementation to ground robust or authoritative normativity. Unfortunately, the usual appeal to inescapability is at best a defensive move. Ambitious constitutivism needs to look elsewhere in its search for a positive explanation of the source of robust normativity. The simple constitutivist move, even when combined with inescapability, is indeed too simple.

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简单的宪政之举

所有形式的宪政主义的一个共同特征是“简单的宪政主义举动”，即对任何企业的参与都需要尊重企业的宪政标准，以免失败。在应对怀疑的挑战时，此举既微不足道又强大。我认为，此举仅有助于传递扎根于外部的标准的权威，即使将其应用于功能性项目或构成性目标也是如此。对于适度的宪政主义而言，这不是问题，但是更具野心的宪政主义者似乎需要补充一些鲁棒或权威的规范性。不幸的是，通常对不可逃避的呼吁充其量只是一种防御措施。雄心勃勃的宪法主义需要寻找其他地方，以寻求对稳健规范性来源的积极解释。即使与不可逃避结合起来，简单的宪法主义举动的确是太简单了。