NDLI: Ethical Naturalism and Moral Twin Earth

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Author	Viggia, Andrea
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	In order to rebut G. E. Moore’s open question argument, ethical naturalists adopt a theory of direct reference for our moral terms. T. Horgan and M. Timmons have argued that this theory cannot be applied to moral terms, on the ground that it clashes with competent speakers’ linguistic intuitions. While Putnam’s Twin Earth thought experiment shows that our linguistic intuitions confirm the theory of direct reference, as applied to ‘water’, Horgan and Timmons devise a parallel thought experiment about moral terms, in order to show that this theory runs against our linguistic intuitions about such terms. My claim is that the Horgan–Timmons argument does not work. I concede that their thought experiment is a good way to test the applicability of the theory of direct reference to moral terms, and argue that the upshot of their experiment is not what they claim it is: our linguistic intuitions about Moral Twin Earth are parallel to, not different from, our intuitions about Twin Earth.
Starting Page	213
Ending Page	224
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13862820
Journal	Ethical Theory and Moral Practice
Volume Number	11
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15728447
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2008-02-16
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Ethical naturalism Moral disagreement Moral realism Open question argument Theory of direct reference Twin Earth Ontology Political Philosophy Ethics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Philosophy Social Sciences

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