Moral Theory and Explanatory Impotence

Midwest Studies in Philosophy 12 (1):433-457 (1988)
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10.1111/j.1475-4975.1988.tb00177.x

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Moral Explanations.Nicholas Sturgeon - 1985 - In James Rachels (ed.), Ethical Theory 1: The Question of Objectivity. Oxford University Press.

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