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Moral knowledge and moral factuality
Ethic@: an International Journal for Moral Philosophy, 2010 For naturalistic and non-intuitionistic moral realists, moral knowledge is more problematic than ordinary and scientific factual knowledge. For without special faculties of moral discernment, how could we ever detect moral facts and properties?
Ron Wilburn
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Journal of Chinese Philosophy, 2022 Abstract The chapter argues that, if there are moral truths, there is no special reason why we should not know about them. More specifically, we can have recognitional capacities for the properties and relations expressed by moral predicates, by the same standard of safety as we have recognitional capacities for the properties and ...
Williamson, Timothy
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Is Moral Knowledge Necessary for Moral Worth? [PDF]
Organon FThe article examines the necessity of moral knowledge for moral worth, focusing on Neil Sinhababu’s (2024) arguments. Sliwa (2015) and Cunningham (2021) contend that moral worth requires moral knowledge. In contrast, Sinhababu (2024) challenges this view
Yuanfan Huang
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Moral Worth and Moral Knowledge [PDF]
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 2015 To have moral worth an action not only needs to conform to the correct normative theory (whatever it is); it also needs to be motivated in the right way. I argue that morally worthy actions are motivated by the rightness of the action; they are motivated by an agent's concern for doing what's right and her knowledge that her action is morally right ...
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Explaining Moral Knowledge [PDF]
Journal of Moral Philosophy, 2014 In this paper I assess the viability of a particularist explanation of moral knowledge. First, I consider two arguments by Sean McKeever and Michael Ridge that purport to show that a generalist, principle-based explanation of practical wisdom—understood as the ability to acquire moral knowledge in a wide range of situations—is superior to a ...
Leibowitz, Uri D.
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A study on the moral autonomy of adolescents—an empirical analysis based on the third time national moral survey [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionAdolescents are energetic ethical existence of Chinese society. Moral autonomy among adolescents is a crucial factor influencing their development.
Yahui Chen, Jue Wang
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Nova Prisutnost, 2022 The paper analyses the justification of personal integrity in ethical theories in contemporary moral epistemology. In the first chapter we present a theological consideration of the fundamental option that illustrates the complexity of agency of moral ...
Bruno Matos
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Normative Reasons, Epistemic Autonomy, and Accountability to God
Religions, 2023 According to many, human autonomy is necessary for moral action and yet incompatible with being morally accountable to God’s divine commands. By issuing commands that ground normative facts, God demands our accountability without understanding our ...
Brandon Rickabaugh
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Parfit and the problem of Impartiality in Kant’s Ethics [PDF]
حکمت و فلسفه, 2017 In this study, it will be tried to describe Parfit’s interpretation of Kantian impartiality by referring to Parfit’s work as well as to criticize the mistakes of Parfit’s vision.
Alireza Aram
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Prudent Reflective Equilibrium
Ethics in Progress, 2023 The main aim of this paper is to propose the inclusion of the expertise of a prudent agent within the procedure of reflective equilibrium by adding a disposition for identifying reasonable beliefs.
Denis Coitinho Silveira
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