‘Is’, ‘Ought’ and Moral Realism: The Roles of Nature and Experience in Practical Understanding

This essay maintains that the logical distinction between ‘is’ and ‘ought’ does not amount to a dichotomy between the natural order and the moral, or between speculative knowledge and practical. This essay thus clarifies an important and often misunderstood aspect of the natural law theory advanced...

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Main Author: Matava, Robert Joseph (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2011
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 311-328
Further subjects:B Human Nature
B first principles of practical reason
B Practical knowledge
B Grisez
B moral normativity
B speculative knowledge
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