A semantic attack on divine-command metaethics

According to divine-command metaethics (DCM), whatever is morally good or right has that status because, and only because, it conforms to God’s will. I argue that DCM is false or vacuous: either DCM is false, or else there are no instantiated moral properties, and no moral truths, to which DCM can e...

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Главный автор: Maitzen, Stephen (Автор)
Формат: Электронный ресурс Статья
Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: 2004
В: Sophia
Год: 2004, Том: 43, Выпуск: 2, Страницы: 15-28
Другие ключевые слова:B Green Thing
B Divine Command
B Traditional Theism
B Moral Truth
B Semantic Objection
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Итог:According to divine-command metaethics (DCM), whatever is morally good or right has that status because, and only because, it conforms to God’s will. I argue that DCM is false or vacuous: either DCM is false, or else there are no instantiated moral properties, and no moral truths, to which DCM can even apply. The sort of criticism I offer is familiar, but I develop it in what I believe is a novel way.
ISSN:1873-930X
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Sophia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF02780509