Reasons, inescapability and persuasion

This paper outlines a new metasemantic theory of moral reason statements, focused on explaining how the reasons thus stated can be inescapable. The motivation for the theory is in part that it can explain this and other phenomena concerning moral reasons. The account also suggests a general recipe f...

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Main Author: Sinclair, Neil
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Published: Springer 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32048/
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spelling nottingham-320482020-05-04T17:34:57Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32048/ Reasons, inescapability and persuasion Sinclair, Neil This paper outlines a new metasemantic theory of moral reason statements, focused on explaining how the reasons thus stated can be inescapable. The motivation for the theory is in part that it can explain this and other phenomena concerning moral reasons. The account also suggests a general recipe for explanations of conceptual features of moral reason statements. Springer 2016-02-29 Article PeerReviewed Sinclair, Neil (2016) Reasons, inescapability and persuasion. Philosophical Studies . ISSN 1573-0883 expressivism external reasons inescapability moral reasons http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11098-016-0639-x doi:10.1007/s11098-016-0639-x doi:10.1007/s11098-016-0639-x
spellingShingle expressivism
external reasons
inescapability
moral reasons
Sinclair, Neil
Reasons, inescapability and persuasion
title Reasons, inescapability and persuasion
title_full Reasons, inescapability and persuasion
title_fullStr Reasons, inescapability and persuasion
title_full_unstemmed Reasons, inescapability and persuasion
title_short Reasons, inescapability and persuasion
title_sort reasons, inescapability and persuasion
topic expressivism
external reasons
inescapability
moral reasons
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32048/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32048/