Earning the right to talk about moral uncertainty : An examination of how quasi-realism might explain what it means to be morally uncertain by use of interpretative expressivism
Year: 2026
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Since it was first proposed the quasi-realist project has been met with challenges as to how fulfill its purported aim: to account for the realist-seeming aspects of morality with expressivism as its fundamental moral framework. One such aspect that has challenged quasi-realists since its introduction is that we sometimes consider ourselves to be morally uncertain. In this paper I present a modified account of expressivism that allows for normative attitudes to count as beliefs, but which gives them a non-factual belief content, and evaluate its potential pairing with quasi-realism. I propose that by using interpretative expressivism rather than traditional expressivism quasi-realism can better account for moral uncertainty, and in extension earn the right to a realist-sounding discourse about morality.
Author: Rapp, Alva
Language: Swedish
Subfield: Philosophy
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7125462231