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Naturalistic Moral Realism and Evolutionary Biology
Philosophies, 2021 Perhaps the most familiar understanding of “naturalism” derives from Quine, understanding it as a continuity of empirical theories of the world as described through the scientific method.
Paul Bloomfield
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The Significance of Being Ethical: An essay on the case for moral realism and theism
Scientia et Fides, 2016 William Irwin defends a form of moral anti-realism, according to which there are no objective moral facts. He contends that moral realism is objectionable because of its being more complex or not as simple as anti-realism; moral realism is in conflict ...
Charles Taliaferro
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The explanationist argument for moral realism [PDF]
, 2011 In this paper I argue that the explanationist argument in favour of moral realism fails. According to this argument, the ability of putative moral properties to feature in good explanations provides strong evidence for, or entails, the metaphysical ...
Neil Sinclair, Nottingham Ng Rd
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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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Towards Cognitive Moral Quasi-Realism
Philosophies, 2018 There is a long-standing discussion concerning the nature of moral discourse. Multiple views range from realism—according to which moral discourse is closer to scientific discourse than to fictional discourse—to anti-realism—according to which moral ...
Eduardo García-Ramírez
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Should Environmental Ethicists Fear Moral Anti-Realism? [PDF]
, 2019 Environmental ethicists have been arguing for decades that swift action to protect our natural environment is morally paramount, and that our concern for the environment should go beyond its importance for human welfare.
Rubin, Michael, Schwenkenbecher, Anne
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Theological Utilitarianism, Supervenience, and Intrinsic Value
Religions, 2023 Erik Wielenberg has argued that robust realism can account for the “common-sense moral belief” that “some things distinct from God are intrinsically good”. By contrast, theological stateism cannot account for this belief.
Matthew Alexander Flannagan
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, 2018 A basic challenge to naturalistic moral realism is that, even if moral properties existed, there would be no way to naturalistically represent or track them.
Bloomfield, Paul
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An Inconsistency in Craig’s Defence of the Moral Argument [PDF]
, 2012 I argue that William Craig’s defence of the moral argument is internally inconsistent. In the course of defending the moral argument, Craig criticizes non-theistic moral realism on the grounds that it posits the existence of certain logically necessary ...
Wielenberg, Erik J.
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Dreier on the supervenience argument against robust realism
Filosofia Unisinos, 2017 Blackburn has put forward a very influential argument against moral realism, which turns around the supervenience relation. Dreier’s version of the supervenience argument has a narrower target.
Wilson Mendonça
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