Evolutionary debunking: Can moral realists explain the reliability of our moral judgments?

被引:5
作者
Braddock, Matthew [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Tennessee, Hist & Philosophy Dept, Martin, TN 38238 USA
关键词
Darwinian Dilemma; evolutionary debunking arguments; evolution of morality; innate biases; moral nativism; moral realism; moral skepticism; PUNISHMENT; FAIRNESS;
D O I
10.1080/09515089.2016.1163667
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B82 [伦理学(道德学)];
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摘要
Evolutionary debunking arguments, notably Sharon Street's Darwinian Dilemma (2006), allege that moral realists need to explain the reliability of our moral judgments, given their evolutionary sources. David Copp (2008) and David Enoch (2010) take up the challenge. I argue on empirical grounds that realists have not met the challenge and moreover cannot do so. The outcome is that there are empirically-motivated reasons for thinking moral realists cannot explain moral reliability, given our current empirical understanding.
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