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Moral Truth
The labels ‘truth’ and ‘true’ apply, we suggest, to what is asserted or believed, not to the sentence in which the assertion is contained or the...
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Reasonable standards and exculpating moral ignorance
It is widely agreed that ignorance of fact exculpates, but does moral ignorance exculpate? If so, does it exculpate in the same way as non-moral...
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Against Metasemantics-First Moral Epistemology
Moral metasemantic theories explain how our moral thought and talk are about certain properties. Given the connection between what our moral terms...
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The Moral Argument Against Monarchy (Absolute or Constitutional)
I argue that monarchies, in any possible form (absolute or constitutional), should be abolished once and for all. This is because of the deeply...
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Graded causation and moral responsibility
Theories of graded causation attract growing attention in the philosophical debate on causation. An important field of application is the...
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The structure of moral encroachment
According to moral encroachment facts about epistemic justification can vary with moral factors that are unrelated to the truth of the belief. Most...
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The predictive factors of moral courage among hospital nurses
BackgroundHaving moral courage is a crucial characteristic for nurses to handle ethical quandaries, stay true to their professional obligations...
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The Role of Moral Norms in Political Theory
In the recent debate on political normativity in political philosophy, two positions have emerged among so-called political realists. On the first...
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Ethical Expertise and Moral Authority
Whether or not there is such a thing as moral expertise, and, if so, what constitutes it, is much debated. Empirical expertise bestows epistemic...
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Moral Status of AI Systems: Evaluation of the Genetic Account
With this paper I contribute a rather sceptical assessment of S. Matthew Liao’s recent proposals to the debate of whether and how AI may befit moral...
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Do Moral Beliefs Motivate Action?
Do moral beliefs motivate action? To answer this question, extant arguments have considered hypothetical cases of association (dissociation) between...
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V: Interlude II: Moral Status, Personhood and Dignity
As moral rights and duties can only be possessed by beings who have moral status, that is, persons, it is vitally important to understand the...
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Standpoint moral epistemology: the epistemic advantage thesis
One of standpoint theory’s main claims is the thesis of epistemic advantage, which holds that marginalized agents have epistemic advantages due to...
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Epistemic Trust in Scientific Experts: A Moral Dimension
In this paper, I develop and defend a moralized conception of epistemic trust in science against a particular kind of non-moral account defended by...
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Moral Encroachment and Positive Profiling
Some claim that moral factors affect the epistemic status of our beliefs. Call this the moral encroachment thesis . It’s been argued that the moral...
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Moral progress for better apes
The evolutionary model of moral progress developed in A Better Ape is nuanced and illuminating. Kumar and Campbell use their view of the evolved...
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Sex Robots and Moral Problems: A Conditional Approach
Robots designed to mimic human sexual behaviour and interaction are known as “sex robots.” In the contemporary world, they have become more...
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Is Online Moral Outrage Outrageous? Rethinking the Indignation Machine
Moral outrage is often characterized as a corrosive emotion, but it can also inspire collective action. In this article we aim to deepen our...
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The Moral Entitlements of Future Persons: Expectancies and Prospective Beneficiaries
This paper develops a future-oriented and person-centred normative argument based on expectancies that is immune to most of the problems identified...
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How (not) to integrate scientific and moral realism
In this essay, I seek to clarify and defend a unified account of realism, i.e. a conception of realism that does not only apply to philosophy of...