HomePhilosophia: International Journal of Philosophyvol. 37 no. 1 (2008)

How to Bring Back Moral Gravitas

Ulysses 5174

Discipline: Philosophy

 

Abstract:

Part of the task of doing moral philosophy is to strengthen our confidence in morality or to bring back the gravitas of morality. I argue that this cannot be done by a representational view of moral reality and by downplaying the importance of human sentiments that make our moral assertions more natural and authentic.