Moral Facts and Moral Explanations

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作者
Guha, Debashis [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Allahabad, Dept Philosophy, Prayagraj 211002, Uttar Pradesh, India
关键词
Harman's challenge; Moral facts; Moral explanations; Possible worlds;
D O I
10.1007/s11406-020-00303-5
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
The challenge of Gilbert Harman that there are no moral facts is robust, to an extent extreme and counts most for the realists underline moral facts and moral explanations. The paper begins with the absorbing challenge posed by Harman that ends in some sort of skepticism. After a brief exposition of nature of moral facts, the paper focuses on another interesting squabble whether or not we conceive of serious moral explanation that bridges the gap between theories/ principles, and our moral observations. In a separate section it has been shown that moral explanations are far too necessary for moral facts because moral facts need to have explanatory potency. Moral facts need to explain our observations of moral phenomena. The contentious issue has been addressed remarkably well by Nicholas Sturgeon and Brad Majors. I have a suggestion that cogency of ideas of moral facts and moral explanations depend among other things, on the conception of possible worlds.
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页码:1475 / 1486
页数:12
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