The explanationist argument for moral realism

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The explanationist argument for moral realism

In this paper I argue that the explanationist argument in favour of moral realism fails. According to this argument, the ability of putative moral properties to feature in good explanations provides strong evidence for, or entails, the metaphysical claims of moral realism. Some have rejected this ar...

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Main Author:	Sinclair, Neil
Format:	Article
Published:	University of Calgary Press 2011
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/1930/

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