Rationality and the Good
Critical Essays on the Ethics and Epistemology of Robert Audi
Timmons, Mark Philosophy Department, Arizona State University
Greco, John Philosophy Department, Fordham University
Mele, Alfred Philosophy Department, Florida State University
Print publication date: 2007 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-531195-2
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195311952.003.0004
 

Hugh J. McCann
This chapter discusses Audi's version of metaethical intuitionism, arguing that it faces significant objections. Without a basis for the theory's claims of self-evidence, it argues, moral intuitions can be charged with arbitrariness. Moreover, familiar problems concerning “queerness” and supervenience remain. This chapter proposes that moral intuitions are grounded in conative experiences of “felt obligation”. It then argues that his version of intuitionism preserves the virtues of Audi's approach—indeed sharing the spirit of Audi's theory—without succumbing to the skeptical problems.
Keywords: intuitionism, intuitions, conation, felt obligation, self-evidence, supervenience
doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195311952.003.0004
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PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS FOR INTUITIONIST ETHICS
II KNOWLEDGE, JUSTIFICATION, AND ACCEPTANCE
INTENTION, SELF-DECEPTION, AND REASONS FOR ACTION
IV REASON AND INTUITION IN THOUGHT AND ACTION