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A proposal for a systematic approach to moral philosophy [PDF]
Language, Culture, Politics, 2022 This article gives a methodological overview of three standards against which it is possible to examine the worth of moral theories and to test their true contribution to ethics.
Christopher Caruana
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SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020 AbstractIn this article, I argue,inter alia, that Kelsen’s mature view—as expressed in, and around the time of, the second edition ofReine Rechtslehre—was that of a metaethical relativist, and that the commitment to metaethical relativism was the reason why Kelsen defended democracy as well as tolerance in the shape of a constitutionally guaranteed ...
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Egoism as a Problem for Robust Moral Realism
Religions, 2023 As a normative ethical theory, ethical egoism may seem compatible with the metaethical theory of moral realism. However, in this article, I will problematize such an assumption.
Espen Ottosen
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Hume’s Dictum and Metaethics [PDF]
The Philosophical Quarterly, 2019 AbstractThis paper explores the metaethical ramifications of a coarse-grained criterion of property identity, sometimes referred to as Hume's dictum. According to Hume's dictum, properties are identical if and only if they are necessarily co-extensive.
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020 Most of us agree about the rules or norms of morality, what philosophers call substantive or normative ethics: be kind to small children, do not cheat on exams and return your library books on time.
Michael Ruse
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Schopenhauer and Contemporary Metaethics [PDF]
, 2017 In this chapter, Colin Marshall argues that Schopenhauer’s views about the foundations of morality pose important challenges for five tenets of contemporary metaethics.
Marshall, Colin
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A Glance at the Book: Metaethics Written by Simon Kirchin and a Word on its Translation [PDF]
پژوهشنامۀ انتقادی متون و برنامههای علوم انسانی, 2018 The book Metaethics written by Simon Kirchin is one a book on metaethics, first published by the Palgrave Macmillan institute in 2012. Kirchin was a faculty member at the University of Kent, England, who wrote an introductory textbook on metaethics ...
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‘Wittgenstein’s Moral Thought’, Edited by Reshef Adam-Segal and Edmund Dain
Nordic Wittgenstein Review, 2018 A review of Wittgenstein’s Moral Thought, edited by Reshef Adam-Segal and Edmund Dain.
Daniel Sharp
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Disagreement, Cognitive Command, and the Indexicality of Moral Truth
Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2015 Moral Relativism can be considered an attractive alternative to realism because relativists can make good sense of cultural and societal disagreements by seeing them as faultless.
Reichardt Bastian
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Aesthetic Ethics without Evil. Aischron in Greek Popular Ethics [PDF]
The Polish Journal of Aesthetics, 2020 In the paper I consider the Greek term aischron as a candidate for a moral concept of evil, focusing on popular rather than philosophical Greek ethical thought.
Michał Bizoń
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