Thinking about Normativity: Ralph Wedgwood on 'Ought'

Abstract Ralph Wedgwood's The Nature of Normativity provides a theory about the semantics, metaphysics, and epistemology of normative judgments, taken to be judgments of the form 'I ought to '. The theory is based on the principle of Normative Judgment Internalism, and the principle...

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Published in:Journal of moral philosophy
Main Author: Muijnck, Wim de (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2010
In: Journal of moral philosophy
Further subjects:B Agency
B Rationality
B OUGHTS
B Value
B Metaphysics
B Normativity
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Summary:Abstract Ralph Wedgwood's The Nature of Normativity provides a theory about the semantics, metaphysics, and epistemology of normative judgments, taken to be judgments of the form 'I ought to '. The theory is based on the principle of Normative Judgment Internalism, and the principle that 'the intentional is normative'. I argue, first, that by being merely about oughts, Wedgwood's account leaves out one essential constituent of normativity: value. Secondly, I argue that mainly because of this, the account faces a serious issue of relevance.
ISSN:1745-5243
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of moral philosophy
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/174046809X12544019605987