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Should we de-moralize philosophical ethics?

Should we de-moralize philosophical ethics?
Should we de-moralize philosophical ethics?
Some philosophers, such as Roger Crisp and Alastair Norcross, have recently argued that the traditional moral categories of wrongness, permissibility and obligation should be avoided when doing ethical theory. I argue that even if morality does not itself provide reasons for action, the moral categories nevertheless have a central role to play in ethical theory: they allow us to make crucial judgements about how to feel about, and react to, agents who behave in anti-social ways, and they help motivate us to act altruistically.
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Mcelwee, Brian
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Mcelwee, Brian
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Mcelwee, Brian (2010) Should we de-moralize philosophical ethics? Ratio, 23 (3), 308-321. (doi:10.1111/j.1467-9329.2010.00469.x).

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Some philosophers, such as Roger Crisp and Alastair Norcross, have recently argued that the traditional moral categories of wrongness, permissibility and obligation should be avoided when doing ethical theory. I argue that even if morality does not itself provide reasons for action, the moral categories nevertheless have a central role to play in ethical theory: they allow us to make crucial judgements about how to feel about, and react to, agents who behave in anti-social ways, and they help motivate us to act altruistically.

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Published date: 21 July 2010
Organisations: Philosophy

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Local EPrints ID: 397385
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/397385
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