Rejecting Ethical Deflationism.
The article presents an argument against deflationary ethical theories such as nihilism and relativistic theories. Deflationary ethical theories refer to those views that appear to undermine the importance of ethical questions. The ethical theories that are worthy of acceptance are discussed, as wel...
| Published in: | Ethics Vol. 116; no. 4; pp. 742 - 769 |
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University of Chicago Press
Jul2006
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