An Expressivist Account of the Difference between Poor Taste and Immorality
This paper considers whether proposition (P1) - "x is not immoral but it is in poor taste" - is morally contradictory when considered from the standpoint of constructive ecumenical expressivism (CEE). According to CEE, pronouncements about poor taste and immorality have the following in co...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
[2019]
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2019, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 465-482 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NCA Ethics VA Philosophy VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Intersubjective moral norms
B Moral anti-realism B Suberogatory action B De re and de dicto attitudes B Constructive ecumenical expressivism |
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| Summary: | This paper considers whether proposition (P1) - "x is not immoral but it is in poor taste" - is morally contradictory when considered from the standpoint of constructive ecumenical expressivism (CEE). According to CEE, pronouncements about poor taste and immorality have the following in common: they each convey a negative attitude towards x and intimate that x ought not to be done. Given this, P1 is vulnerable to a charge of contradiction, as it intimates that x is both something and not something that ought not to be done. To avoid the putative contradiction, it is argued that an accusation of poor taste amounts to a negative attitude towards the treatment of a morally pertinent matter, thereby making the former parasitic on the latter. A morally relevant means of distinguishing between poor taste and immorality is therefore provided that (i) endorses the expressivist tradition, and (ii) provides an account of societal norms. |
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| ISSN: | 1572-8447 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Ethical theory and moral practice
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10677-019-09998-2 |