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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 |
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doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195311952.003.0004
Abstract: 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,
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