Derek Parfit has recently circulated an argument against what he calls Non-Analytical Naturalism, which he understands as the thesis that normative truths are reducible to […] Read More
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Many philosophers draw a distinction between moral and non-moral reasons for action, or motives, such that questions like, “Are moral reasons always overriding?” and “Can […] Read More
I was reading Dancy’s nonnaturalism entry to Copp’s Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory. Dancy discusses two arguments against naturalism which Parfit has presented in some […] Read More
One venerable objection against the principle that all motivation derives from desire points to the motive of duty, or practical necessity, as phenomenological evidence of […] Read More
Like many other philosophers, I reject consequentialism in favour of a more deontological approach to ethics. That is, I favour a moral theory that implies […] Read More
Many Kantians have reservations about Kant’s rather strident view concerning self-killing. In the Lectures on Ethics in particular, Kant’s rhetoric pulls no moral punches. Kant […] Read More
Reasons are facts that count in favor of some intentional attitude, such as a belief, a desire, or an intention to act. And reasons to […] Read More
I had a conversation earlier this year with a faculty member who was recently appointed to emeritus status at a research university, a story that […] Read More
When I first met Jonathan Dancy three years ago, I remember him mentioning the early emotivist papers in Analysis. One night year and a half […] Read More