From Isolation to Skepticism

Erkenntnis 81 (3):649-668 (2016)
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Scott Hill
Auburn University
Abstract
If moral properties lacked causal powers, would moral skepticism be true? I argue that it would. Along the way I respond to various arguments that it would not.
Keywords Moral Skepticism  Safety and Sensitivity  Reliability  Counterpossibles  Impossible Worlds  Accidentally True Belief
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DOI 10.1007/s10670-015-9760-z
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