Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 77 (3):659-684 (2008)
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Divine law theories of metaethics claim that moral rightness is grounded in God’s
commands, wishes and so forth. Expressivist theories, by contrast, claim that to call
something morally right is to express our own attitudes, not to report on God’s.
Ostensibly, such views are incompatible. However, we shall argue that a rapprochement is
possible and beneficial to both sides. Expressivists need to explain the difference
between reporting and expressing an attitude, and to address the Frege-Geach problem.
Divine law theorists need to get past the Euthyphro dilemma, and to avoid moral
externalism. This paper shows how a combined theory helps us to achieve this.
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Keywords | expressivism divine command theory Frege-Geach problem Euthyphro dilemma |
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ISBN(s) | 0031-8205 |
DOI | 10.1111/j.1933-1592.2008.00214.x |
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