Rowland, R orcid.org/0000-0002-0471-1948 (2019) Local Evolutionary Debunking Arguments. Philosophical Perspectives, 33 (1). pp. 170-199. ISSN 1520-8583
Abstract
Evolutionary debunking arguments in ethics aim to use facts about the evolutionary causes of ethical beliefs to undermine their justification. Global Evolutionary Debunking Arguments (GDAs) are arguments made in metaethics that aim to undermine the justification of all ethical beliefs. Local Evolutionary Debunking Arguments (LDAs) are arguments made in first‐order normative ethics that aim to undermine the justification of only some of our ethical beliefs. Guy Kahane, Regina Rini, Folke Tersman, and Katia Vavova argue for skepticism about the possibility of LDAs. They argue that LDAs cannot be successful because they over‐extend in a way that makes them self‐undermining and yield a form of moral skepticism. In this paper I argue that this skepticism about the possibility of LDAs is misplaced.
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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) |
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Date Deposited: | 10 Jul 2020 14:03 |
Last Modified: | 14 Jul 2020 09:51 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/phpe.12130 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:162181 |