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A World Without ValuesMackie on Practical Reason

A World Without Values: Mackie on Practical Reason [I argue that John Mackie's treatment of practical reason is both attractive and unjustly neglected. In particular, I argue that it is importantly different from, and much more plausible than, the kind of instrumentalist approach famously articulated by Bernard Williams. This matters for the interpretation of the arguments for Mackie's most famous thesis: moral skepticism, the claim that there are no objective values. Richard Joyce has recently defended a version or variant of moral skepticism by invoking an instrumentalist theory like Williams'. I argue that this is a serious strategic mistake.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A World Without ValuesMackie on Practical Reason

Part of the Philosophical Studies Series Book Series (volume 114)
Editors: Joyce, Richard; Kirchin, Simon
A World Without Values — Nov 9, 2009

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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
ISBN
978-90-481-3338-3
Pages
87 –99
DOI
10.1007/978-90-481-3339-0_6
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Abstract

[I argue that John Mackie's treatment of practical reason is both attractive and unjustly neglected. In particular, I argue that it is importantly different from, and much more plausible than, the kind of instrumentalist approach famously articulated by Bernard Williams. This matters for the interpretation of the arguments for Mackie's most famous thesis: moral skepticism, the claim that there are no objective values. Richard Joyce has recently defended a version or variant of moral skepticism by invoking an instrumentalist theory like Williams'. I argue that this is a serious strategic mistake.]

Published: Nov 9, 2009

Keywords: Normative Reason; Categorical Imperative; Internalism Constraint; External Reason; Internal Reason

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