Disposition theories of value meet moral twin Earth

In a series of recent articles, Terry Horgan and Mark Timmons have detailed a "recipe" for a type of objection that can be leveled against proposed versions of moral realism. Holland shows that the recipe can be modified in such a way as to show that any metaethical view that holds that va...

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Published in:American philosophical quarterly (Oxford) 2001-04, Vol.38 (2), p.177
Main Author: Holland, Sean
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ethics
Morality
Philosophy
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Summary:In a series of recent articles, Terry Horgan and Mark Timmons have detailed a "recipe" for a type of objection that can be leveled against proposed versions of moral realism. Holland shows that the recipe can be modified in such a way as to show that any metaethical view that holds that values and colors have the same ontological status possesses a similar flaw.
ISSN:0003-0481
2152-1123