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Reasons, inescapability and persuasion

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: This paper outlines a new metasemantic theory of moral reason statements, focused on explaining how the reasons thus stated can be inescapable. The motivation for the theory is in part that it can explain this and other phenomena concerning moral reasons. The account also suggests a general recipe for explanations of conceptual features of moral reason statements.

Source: Philosophical Studies

DOI: 10.1007/s11098-016-0639-x

Author: Neil Sinclair

Institution: University of Nottingham

Language: English

Topic: Philosophical Ethics and Theory

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,190

Funder: Arts and Humanities Research Council