Ethics and Empirical Psychology

In ChristenMarkus (ed.), Empirically Informed Ethics. Springer. pp. 279-305 (2013)
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In this paper, I examine six arguments concerning or making use of empirical psychological evidence in metaethics and normative ethics. Generally speaking, I find that the ambitious ones fail and the more modest ones ought to moderate their conclusions further.

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