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On The Validity of a Simple Argument for Moral Error Theory

International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 2016
AbstractIn The Myth of Morality Richard Joyce presents a simple and very influential argument for the truth of moral error theory. In this paper I point out that (i) the argument does not have the form Joyce attributes to it, (ii) the argument is not valid in an extensional propositional logic and (iii) on the most natural way of explicating the ...
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Values and Vampires: Why Moral Axiology Withstands the Argument From Queerness

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
The argument from queerness is one of the most important arguments for moral error theory. Moral error theory holds that moral discourse is hopelessly flawed or, more precisely, that all moral judgements are false.
Vuko Andric
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Dual Models Argumentative Theory and Moral Reasoning

2020
The idea of the existence of duality in the functioning of the human mind is very old: for some psychologists, this is due to the existence of two types of cognitive process, heuristic and analytic. The former is influenced by the individual's beliefs, and the latter analyzes the validity of arguments and justifications.
Fontaine, Roger, Pennequin, Valérie
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Normative Reasoning and Moral Argumentation in Theory and Practice

Philosophy & Rhetoric, 2016
Abstract“Morality is relative to culture” is a descriptive claim, but in practice its normative entailment is rarely embraced. It is often claimed that this poses a problem of consistency for relativism as a morally normative theory: either relativists do not act in accordance with their beliefs or they hold different beliefs from what they espouse ...
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Historical Theory and the Structure of Moral Argument in Marx

Political Theory, 1981
HN MARX'S MOST GENERAL formulations of historical materialism, he regarded the development of humanproductive powers as the driving force of social transformation over whole historical epochs. In the process of social transformation, class struggle, political activity, and moral argument play an important dialectical role, for instance in maintaining ...
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Moral Argument: Theory and Practice

2018
There is a ’boom' in the teaching of ethics, across the nation and across diverse schools and departments of the arts and sciences and the professions. This is surely a good thing. And it’s apt to continue. And that is also a good thing. The question is of course: What in the way of ethics ought to be taught?
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Reply to ‘On the Validity of a Simple Argument for Moral Error Theory’

International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 2016
I thank Kasper Christensen for his astute critical paper (Christensen 2016), which succeeds in revealing some infelicities and clumsiness in how I summed up a central argument in The Myth of Morali...
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An Impoverished Direction: Moral Arguments for Legal Theories

2001
In this dissertation, I aim to demonstrate that the debate between legal positivism and natural law theory cannot be settled through moral argumentation. To demonstrate this point, I lay out three criteria that must be fulfilled if a moral argument for a given theory is to succeed.
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The Moral Psychological Implications of the Argumentative Theory of Reasoning

Journal of Moral & Ethics Education, 2022
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