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Expressivist Explanations

Expressivist Explanations In this paper I argue that the common practice of employing moral predicates as explaining phrases can be accommodated on an expressivist account of moral practice. This account does not treat moral explanations as in any way second-rate or derivative, since it subsumes moral explanations under the general theory of program explanations (as defended by Jackson and Pettit). It follows that the phenomenon of moral explanations cannot be used to adjudicate the debate between expressivism and its rivals. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Moral Philosophy Brill

Expressivist Explanations

Journal of Moral Philosophy , Volume 9 (2): 31 – Jan 1, 2012

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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ISSN
1740-4681
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1745-5243
DOI
10.1163/174552412X625745
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Abstract

In this paper I argue that the common practice of employing moral predicates as explaining phrases can be accommodated on an expressivist account of moral practice. This account does not treat moral explanations as in any way second-rate or derivative, since it subsumes moral explanations under the general theory of program explanations (as defended by Jackson and Pettit). It follows that the phenomenon of moral explanations cannot be used to adjudicate the debate between expressivism and its rivals.

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Journal of Moral PhilosophyBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2012

Keywords: Expressivism; Moral explanation; Program explanation

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