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- Title
Ethical intuitionism and the linguistic analogy.
- Authors
Schwind, Philipp
- Abstract
It is a central tenet of ethical intuitionism as defended by W. D. Ross and others that moral theory should reflect the convictions of mature moral agents. Hence, intuitionism is plausible to the extent that it corresponds to our well-considered moral judgments. After arguing for this claim, I discuss whether intuitionists offer an empirically adequate account of our moral obligations. I do this by applying recent empirical research by John Mikhail that is based on the idea of a universal moral grammar to a number of claims implicit in W. D. Ross’s normative theory. I argue that the results at least partly vindicate intuitionism.
- Subjects
ETHICAL intuitionism; ANALOGY (Linguistics); MORAL judgment; MORAL psychology; ROSS, W. D.; RAWL, John
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 2018, Vol 48, Issue 2, p292
- ISSN
0045-5091
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/00455091.2017.1366808