Moral Realism
A Defence
Shafer-Landau, Russ Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Print publication date: 2003 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2005
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-925975-5
doi:10.1093/0199247293.003.0011
Russ Shafer-Landau
Presents and tries to defuse some classic arguments for moral scepticism, and against the possibility of moral knowledge. Considers the regress argument, an argument from relevant alternatives, and a vicious circle argument, and tries to show why we can continue to justifiably believe moral claims even in the absence of a decisive means of undermining these sceptical arguments.
Keywords: moral knowledge, moral scepticism/skepticism, regress argument, relevant alternatives, vicious circle,
doi:10.1093/0199247293.003.0011
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Part I Realism And Its Critics
Part II Moral Metaphysics
Part III Moral Motivation
Part IV Moral Reasons
Part V Moral Knowledge