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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| description | 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. |
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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 |
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