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Rationis DefensorThe Buck-Passing Stops Here

Rationis Defensor: The Buck-Passing Stops Here [Thomas Scanlon influentially argues that, in the provision of reasons to act or believe, goodness and value ‘pass the buck’ to other properties. This paper first extends his arguments: if Scanlon shows that goodness and value pass the buck, then relevantly analogous arguments show that, contrary to Scanlon, duty and wrongness too pass this same buck. The paper then reverses Scanlon’s buck-passing arguments: if they show that goodness and value pass the reason-providing buck, then reasons themselves also pass the buck for providing goodness, value, duty, and wrongness. What to make of all this? The paper argues for scepticism about the significance of Scanlon’s buck-passing arguments for ethics.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Rationis DefensorThe Buck-Passing Stops Here

Part of the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Book Series (volume 28)
Editors: Maclaurin, James
Moore, Andrew
Rationis Defensor — Mar 14, 2012
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2012
ISBN
978-94-007-3982-6
Pages
33 –40
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-3983-3_4
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Abstract

[Thomas Scanlon influentially argues that, in the provision of reasons to act or believe, goodness and value ‘pass the buck’ to other properties. This paper first extends his arguments: if Scanlon shows that goodness and value pass the buck, then relevantly analogous arguments show that, contrary to Scanlon, duty and wrongness too pass this same buck. The paper then reverses Scanlon’s buck-passing arguments: if they show that goodness and value pass the reason-providing buck, then reasons themselves also pass the buck for providing goodness, value, duty, and wrongness. What to make of all this? The paper argues for scepticism about the significance of Scanlon’s buck-passing arguments for ethics.]

Published: Mar 14, 2012

Keywords: Ethical Consideration; Ethical Theory; Analogous Argument; Ethical Matter; Reversal Argument

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