Could Morality Have a Source? Journal Article

Overview

abstract

• It is a common idea that morality, or moral truths, if there are any, must have some sort of source, or grounding. It has also been claimed that constructivist theories in metaethics have an advantage over realist theories in that the former but not the latter can provide such a grounding. This paper has two goals. First, it attempts to show that constructivism does not in fact provide a complete grounding for morality, and so is on a par with realism in this respect. Second, it explains why it seems that morality in fact couldn’t have a source.

CU Boulder Authors

• Heathwood, Chris

publication date

• January 1, 2012

Date in CU Experts

• February 1, 2017 2:59 AM

Full Author List

• Heathwood C

author count

• 1

published in

• Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy  Journal

Other Profiles

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

• 1559-3061

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• https://doi.org/10.26556/jesp.v6i2.62

Additional Document Info

start page

• 1

end page

• 20

volume

• 6

issue

• 2