The moral fixed points: new directions for moral nonnaturalism
Philosophical Studies 171 (3):399-443 (2014)
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Terence Cuneo
University of Vermont
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Our project in this essay is to showcase nonnaturalistic moral realism’s resources for responding to metaphysical and epistemological objections by taking the view in some new directions. The central thesis we will argue for is that there is a battery of substantive moral propositions that are also nonnaturalistic conceptual truths. We call these propositions the moral fixed points. We will argue that they must find a place in any system of moral norms that applies to beings like us, in worlds similar to our own. By committing themselves to true propositions of these sorts, nonnaturalists can fashion a view that is highly attractive in its own right, and resistant to the most prominent objections that have been pressed against it.
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Keywords | Moral realism Nonnaturalism Conceptual truth Supervenience Evolutionary Debunking Moral disagreement |
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DOI | 10.1007/s11098-013-0277-5 |
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