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44The End of Morality: Taking Moral Abolitionism Seriously (edited book)Routledge. 2018.According to the moral error theorist, all moral judgments are mistaken. The world just doesn't contain the properties and relations necessary for these judgments to be true. But what should we actually do if we decided that we are in this radical and unsettling predicament--that morality is just a widespread and heartfelt illusion? One suggestion is to eliminate all talk and thought of morality. Another is to carry on believing it anyway. And yet another is to treat morality as a kind of conven…Read more
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77Beardsley, Firth and the ideal observer theoryPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 27 (4): 618-623. 1967.
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89Beyond moralityTemple University Press. 1994."Morality and religion have failed because they are based on duplicity and fantasy. We need something new." This bold statement is the driving force behind Richard Garner's "Beyond Morality." In his book, Garner presents an insightful defense of moral error theory-the idea that our moral thought and discourse is systemically flawed. Establishing his argument with a discerning survey of historical and contemporary moral beliefs from around the world, Garner critically evaluates the plausibility o…Read more
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4The Deconstruction of the Mirror and Other Heresies: Ch’an and Taoism as Abnormal DiscourseJournal of Chinese Philosophy 12 (2): 1-14. 1985.
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36The deconstruction of the mirror and other heresies: Ch'an and taoism as abnormal discourseJournal of Chinese Philosophy 12 (2): 155-168. 1985.
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57On the use of proper names and definite descriptionsPhilosophical Quarterly 19 (76): 231-238. 1969.
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38Nonreferring uses of proper namesPhilosophy and Phenomenological Research 31 (3): 358-368. 1971.
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553On the genuine queerness of moral properties and factsAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 68 (2). 1990.This Article does not have an abstract
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549Abolishing MoralityEthical Theory and Moral Practice 10 (5): 499-513. 2007.Moral anti-realism comes in two forms – noncognitivism and the error theory. The noncognitivist says that when we make moral judgments we aren’t even trying to state moral facts. The error theorist says that when we make moral judgments we are making statements about what is objectively good, bad, right, or wrong but, since there are no moral facts, our moral judgments are uniformly false. This development of moral anti-realism was first seriously defended by John Mackie. In this paper I explore…Read more
Richard Garner
(1936 - 2020)
Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Language |
Meta-Ethics |
Asian Philosophy |