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Clé, Amber (2020)

Finding the Best Argument from Moral Disagreement against the Objectivity of Morality

Bachelor thesis | Wijsbegeerte (BA)

Moral disagreement strikes a deep philosophical nerve and is discussed intensively in metaethical literature, often in relation to the ‘argument from disagreement’. The family of arguments from disagreement establishes the existence of moral disagreement to subsequently draw certain skeptical conclusions about morality and moral practice. Such arguments are often used to argue against the supposed existence of objective moral truths. This thesis answers the question ‘What is the strongest version of the argument from disagreement against the objectivity of morality?’ by evaluating the argument’s inferential structure and the characteristics of the utilized disagreement and concludes that the strongest argument from disagreement would be one that argues deductively from faultless disagreement.

moral disagreement

moral realism

objectivity

disagreement

argument from disagreement

faultless disagreement

Author

Clé, Amber

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Ethics and Political Philosophy

Supervisors

Kalf, Wouter

ECTS Credits

10

Language

en