The Grounds of Ethical Judgement [Book Review]

Review of Metaphysics 58 (3):667-669 (2005)
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Abstract

The author accepts a conventional moral dilemma: Either we have a firm, rational foundation for our judgments about right and wrong, or we drown in a merciless sea of historical and sociological relativism. He advances and defends “new transcendental arguments” that supposedly demonstrate that we cannot rationally deny some propositions that are necessary for reasoning itself. If these propositions cannot be rejected rationally then they should be embraced as justified and true. As such, they can provide a firm, rational foundation for our judgments about right and wrong.

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