Ethical Subjectivism and Expressivism - Elements in Ethics

Ethical Subjectivism and Expressivism

Ethical Subjectivism and Expressivism - Elements in Ethics

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Ethical subjectivists hold that moral judgements are descriptions of our attitudes. Expressivists hold that they are expressions of our attitudes. These views cook with the same ingredients – the natural world, and our reactions to it – and have similar attractions. This Element assesses each of them by considering whether they can accommodate three central features of moral practice: the practicality of moral judgements, the phenomenon of moral disagreement, and the mind-independence of some moral truths. In the process, several different versions of subjectivism are distinguished (simple, communal, idealising, and normative) and key expressivist notions such as 'moral attitudes' and 'expression' are examined. Different meanings of 'subjective' and 'relative' are examined and it is considered whether subjectivism and expressivism make ethics 'subjective' or 'relative' in each of these senses.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781108706513
ISBN10 1108706517
Number Of Pages 86
Item Weight 230 g
Product Dimensions 153 x 230 x 6 mm
Publisher / Reseller Cambridge University Press
Format paperback
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