A Defense of Modest Ideal Observer Theory: The Case of Adam Smith’s Impartial Spectator
I build on Adam Smith’s account of the impartial spectator in The Theory of Moral Sentiments in order to offer a modest ideal observer theory of moral judgment that is adequate in the following sense: the account specifies the hypothetical conditions that guarantee the authoritativeness of an agent’...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2021
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Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2021, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 489-510 |
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impartial spectator
B Response-dependence B Ideal Observer B Adam Smith B Naturalism B Anti-realism |
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