Moral Realism, Speech Act Diversity, and Expressivism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10688840 |
|---|---|
| Authors | N G Laskowski (0000-0001-8349-8737, University of Duisburg-Essen, corresponding author), Nicholas Laskowski (University of Duisburg-Essen) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 274 |
| Pages | 166-174 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/pq/pqy028 |
| OpenAlex | W2900370725 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
In his highly engaging book, Speech and Morality, Terence Cuneo advances a transcendental argument for moral realism from the fact that we speak. After summarizing the major moves in the book, I argue that its master argument (Section I) is not as friendly to non-naturalist versions of moral realism as Cuneo advertises and (Section II) relies on a diet of insufficient types of speech acts. I also argue (Section III) that expressivists have compelling replies to each of Cuneo's objections individually, but taken together, Cuneo's objections provide the resources for issuing a new and interesting challenge to expressivists.
Argument (complex analysis) · Diversity (politics) · Epistemology · Expressivism · Moral psychology · Moral realism · Morality · Naturalism · Realism · Section (typography) · Sociology · Computer Science · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |