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41Singer, Moore, and the Metaphysics of MoralsPhilosophy Research Archives 10 567-571. 1984.In this paper, I argue that Marcus G. Singer’s attack on Actual Consequence Utilitarianism, as held by G.E. Moore, is inconclusive. Singer contends that Moore’s view is incoherent because it cannot provide a criterion of moral rightness and wrongness. Singer makes the historical claim that Moore intended his theory to provide such a criterion and the philosophical claim that any moral theory must provide such a criterion.I contend that Singer’s historical claim is false. While Moore uses the ter…Read more
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11Singer, Moore, and the Metaphysics of MoralsPhilosophy Research Archives 10 567-571. 1984.In this paper, I argue that Marcus G. Singer’s attack on Actual Consequence Utilitarianism, as held by G.E. Moore, is inconclusive. Singer contends that Moore’s view is incoherent because it cannot provide a criterion of moral rightness and wrongness. Singer makes the historical claim that Moore intended his theory to provide such a criterion and the philosophical claim that any moral theory must provide such a criterion.I contend that Singer’s historical claim is false. While Moore uses the ter…Read more
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Areas of Interest
Epistemology |
Metaphilosophy |
Metaphysics |
20th Century Philosophy |