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Moral Realism Moral and Theological Realism: The Explanatory Argument
2011Moral realism stands for the idea that there are some moral claims that are true in a certain way. Their truth does not depend on the attitudes that anyone takes towards their content. Theological realism is simply theism: the view that God exists. In this chapter, the God refers to the traditional God of Western monotheism: an omniscient, omnipotent ...
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1993
Abstract Granted that it is correct to reply to a moral utterance by saying ‘That’s true’ or ‘That’s not true’, the question remains of what sort of assessment is indicated by these responses. Dummett, with whose paper this emphasis is associated, also says that a statement is false if a state of affairs obtains such that a man asserting
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Abstract Granted that it is correct to reply to a moral utterance by saying ‘That’s true’ or ‘That’s not true’, the question remains of what sort of assessment is indicated by these responses. Dummett, with whose paper this emphasis is associated, also says that a statement is false if a state of affairs obtains such that a man asserting
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2018
Moral realism is the view that there are facts of the matter about which actions are right and which wrong, and about which things are good and which bad. But behind this bald statement lies a wealth of complexity. If one is a full-blown moral realist, one probably accepts the following three claims.
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Moral realism is the view that there are facts of the matter about which actions are right and which wrong, and about which things are good and which bad. But behind this bald statement lies a wealth of complexity. If one is a full-blown moral realist, one probably accepts the following three claims.
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The Conception of Morality in Moral Realism
2023Moral realism is one of the most distinctive and influential Chinese theories of international relations (IR) to have emerged in recent years. This chapter explores the conception of morality in moral realism by situating it within broad intellectual approaches to morality. It offers a critique by pointing out its narrowness and instrumentality.
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2003
AbstractThis is a book in metaethics that defends a brand of moral realism known as non‐naturalism. The book has five Parts. Part I outlines the sort of moral realism that the author wishes to defend, and then offers critiques of expressivism and constructivism. Part II is devoted to issues in metaphysics.
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AbstractThis is a book in metaethics that defends a brand of moral realism known as non‐naturalism. The book has five Parts. Part I outlines the sort of moral realism that the author wishes to defend, and then offers critiques of expressivism and constructivism. Part II is devoted to issues in metaphysics.
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Moral Relativism and Moral Realism
Monist, 1984Gilbert Harman has recently distinguished three different kinds of moral relativism.1 One form of moral relativism Harman calls moral judg ment relativism (MJR). It is the view that all "moral judgments contain an implicit reference to the speaker or some other person or group or certain moral standards, etc." Harman never says what he means by ...
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Moral relativism is moral realism
Philosophical Studies, 2014I begin by describing my relation with Nicholas Sturgeon and his objections to things I have said about moral explanations. Then I turn to issues about moral relativism. One of these is whether a plausible version of moral relativism can be formulated as a claim about the logical form of certain moral judgments.
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THE MORAL SIGNIFICANCE OF MORAL REALISM
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 1988In other words I have argued that moral realism is, at least, no less reasonable a view to adopt than, say, realism about mental affairs in general. So what? Should we welcome a result of this kind? Or, should it rather prompt feelings of despair in any reasonable person?
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