Crisp's ‘Ethics Without Reasons?’: A Note on Invariance

Abstract Crisp is right to detect a clash between Dancy's leading formulation of holism about reasons and the phenomenon of invariance. Replying to Crisp on behalf of the particularist, I suggest a better formulation of holism modelled on a standard treatment in the philosophy of language of co...

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Main Author: Harcourt, Edward (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2007
In: Journal of moral philosophy
Year: 2007, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 50-54
Further subjects:B Crisp
B Holism
B Particularism
B CONTEXT-SENSITIVITY
B invariance
B Dancy
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Summary:Abstract Crisp is right to detect a clash between Dancy's leading formulation of holism about reasons and the phenomenon of invariance. Replying to Crisp on behalf of the particularist, I suggest a better formulation of holism modelled on a standard treatment in the philosophy of language of context-sensitive expressions.
ISSN:1745-5243
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of moral philosophy
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/1740468106072784