Vayrynen, P orcid.org/0000-0003-4066-8577 (2018) Normative Commitments in Metanormative Theory. In: Suikkanen, J and Kauppinen, A, (eds.) Methodology and Moral Philosophy. Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory . Routledge , Abingdon, UK , pp. 193-213. ISBN 9781138322097
Abstract
First-order normative theories concerning what’s right and wrong, good and bad, etc., and metanormative theories concerning the nature of first-order normative thought and talk are widely regarded as independent theoretical enterprises. This chapter argues that several debates in metanormative theory involve views that have first-order normative implications, even as the implications in question may not be immediately recognisable as normative. I first make my claim more precise by outlining a general recipe for generating this result. I then apply this recipe to three debates in metaethics: the modal status of basic normative principles, normative vagueness and indeterminacy, and the determination of reference for normative predicates. In each case I argue that certain views on each issue carry first-order normative commitments, in accordance with my recipe.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019, Taylor and Francis. This is an author produced version of a book chapter published by Taylor & Francis in Methodology and Moral Philosophy, available online at https://www.routledge.com/9781138322097. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Metaethics; Moral methodology; Normative ethics |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2018 11:29 |
Last Modified: | 23 May 2022 13:43 |
Published Version: | https://www.routledge.com/9781138322097 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Series Name: | Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory |
Identification Number: | 10.4324/9780429452284-10 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:132791 |