The Fictionalist’s Attitude Problem

According to John Mackie, moral talk is representational (the realists go that bit right) but its metaphysical presuppositions are wildly implausible (the non-cognitivists got that bit right). This is the basis of Mackie’s now famous error theory: that moral judgments are cognitively meaningful but...

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Authors: Oddie, Graham (Author) ; Demetriou, Daniel (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2007
In: Ethical theory and moral practice
Year: 2007, Volume: 10, Issue: 5, Pages: 485-498
Further subjects:B Moral Realism
B Frege–Geach problem
B Fictionalism
B Cognitivism
B Factualism
B Moral fictionalism
B Expressivism
B Error Theory
B Moral acceptance
B Metaethics
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