Journal of Value Inquiry 35 (2):269-273 (2001)
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In Morality Without Foundations, Mark Timmons argues that moral judgments (e.g. “cruelty is wrong”) have what he calls “evaluative assertoric content,” and so, are true or false. However, I argue that, even if correct, this argument renders moral truth or falsity mysterious.
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| Keywords | Moral Realism Moral Truth Moral Contextualism Moral Skepticism Moral Twin Earth Expressivism |
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| DOI | 10.1023/A:1010301209296 |
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