Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 99 (4):632-663 (2018)
Authors |
|
Abstract |
This article puts pressure on moral motivational internalism and rejects normative motivational internalism by arguing that we should be aesthetic motivational externalists. Parallels between aesthetic and moral normativity give us new reason to doubt moral internalism. I address possible disanalogies, arguing that either they fail, or they succeed, but aren’t strong enough to underwrite a motivational difference between the domains. Furthermore, aesthetic externalism entails normative externalism, providing further presumptive evidence against moral internalism. I also make the case that, regardless of these particular conclusions, examining different normative domains alongside each other is a fruitful way to move debates forward.
|
Keywords | motivational internalism judgment internalism normative motivational internalism aesthetics metaethics amoralist |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
Reprint years | 2018 |
DOI | 10.1111/papq.12225 |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options
References found in this work BETA
Values and Secondary Qualities.John McDowell - 1985 - In Ted Honderich (ed.), Morality and Objectivity. London: Routledge. pp. 110-129.
Morality as a System of Hypothetical Imperatives.Philippa Foot - 1972 - Philosophical Review 81 (3):305-316.
Moral Realism and the Foundations of Ethics.Robert Shaver - 1992 - Philosophical Review 101 (2):458.
View all 37 references / Add more references
Citations of this work BETA
Aesthetic Reasons and the Demands They (Do Not) Make.Daniel Whiting - 2021 - Philosophical Quarterly 71 (2):407-427.
There Are No Purely Aesthetic Obligations.John Dyck - 2021 - Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 102 (4):592-612.
Aesthetic Commitments and Aesthetic Obligations.Anthony Cross - forthcoming - Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy.
Famine, Affluence, and Amorality.David Sackris - 2021 - European Journal of Analytic Philosophy 17 (2):(A1)5-29.
View all 10 citations / Add more citations
Similar books and articles
Moral Internalism, Amoralist Skepticism and the Factivity Effect.Kenneth Shields - 2016 - Philosophical Psychology 29 (8):1095-1111.
Moral Opposites - An Examination of Intuitions Concerning the Amoralist and the Moral Saint.J. Fischer - unknown
The Amoralist Objection and the Method of Moral Reasoning.Matej Sušnik - 2009 - Croatian Journal of Philosophy 9 (1):91-100.
Moral Judgment Purposivism: Saving Internalism From Amoralism.M. S. Bedke - 2009 - Philosophical Studies 144 (2):189-209.
The Incorrigible Social Meaning of Video Game Imagery.Stephanie Patridge - 2010 - Ethics and Information Technology 13 (4):303-312.
Moral Judgments, Normative Reasons, and the Motivation of the Practically Rational.Richard Constanz Schubert - 1999 - Dissertation, University of California, Davis
Moral Motivation and the Externalist Challenge.Shambhavi Shankar - 2015 - Rerum Causae 7 (1):118-128.
Moral Realism and the Amoralist.Wm David Solomon - 1988 - Midwest Studies in Philosophy 12 (1):377-393.
Amoralist Rationalism? A Response to Joel Marks: Commentary on “Animal Abolitionism Meets Moral Abolitionism: Cutting the Gordian Knot of Applied Ethics” by Joel Marks.Zohar Lederman - 2014 - Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 11 (2):115-116.
On Reading Marx as a Non- Cognitivist and Amoralist.Kai Nielsen - 1986 - Indian Philosophical Quarterly 13 (3-4):239.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2018-03-17
Total views
103 ( #112,418 of 2,499,680 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
13 ( #59,208 of 2,499,680 )
2018-03-17
Total views
103 ( #112,418 of 2,499,680 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
13 ( #59,208 of 2,499,680 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads