Ethics Without Errors
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8067499 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Lenman (0000-0003-3823-6089, Department of Philosophy University of Sheffield 45 Victoria Street Sheffield S3 7QB, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 391-409 |
| Publication date | 2013-10-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ratio (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-0006 • E-ISSN: 1467-9329 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/rati.12029 |
| OpenAlex | W2553541825 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
I argue against the claim that we should adopt a moral error theory. The intelligibility of our moral practice need offer no questionable metaphysical hostages to fortune. The two most credible policy recommendations that might follow from moral error theory, abolitionism and prescriptive fictionalism, are not very credible
Abolitionism · Analytic philosophy · Contemporary philosophy · Epistemology · Intelligibility (philosophy · Law and economics · Metaphysics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Free Will and Agency · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Law · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2017 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |