Ethical Naturalism
Problems and Prospects
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23617736 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louise Antony (0000-0003-3116-4895, University of Massachusetts Amherst), Ernesto V Garcia (0000-0003-1872-4915, University of Massachusetts Amherst) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Pages | 193-219 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-18 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of Moral Realism (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190068226.013.6 |
| OpenAlex | W4386827999 |
| ISBN | 9780190068226 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
This chapter discusses fundamental problems and prospects for ethical naturalism. Section 1 explains what is meant by “ethical naturalism” and surveys different versions of the view. Section 2 discusses the central philosophical challenge to ethical naturalism, viz., the “Normativity Objection.” Section 3 offers a battery of responses to it on behalf of the ethical naturalist. Section4 explores a promising and novel approach to ethical naturalism, viz., a moral nativist theory that that combines a Chomskian approach to moral competence with a structuralist metaphysics.
Competence (human resources) · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Naturalism · Section (typography) · Computer Science · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Free Will and Agency · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |