Hypothetical Justifications
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2009Author
Lahno, Bernd
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http://dx.doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-337Abstract
A basic conviction in moral non-cognitivism is: only hypothetical norms may be justified. Hartmut Kliemt argues for a moderate variant: there are only hypothetical justifications of norms whether the norms are hypothetical or categorical in kind. In this paper the concept of `hypothetical justification' is analyzed. It is argued that hypothetical justifications are not of the kind that we should look for in normative ethics.
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Rationality, markets, and morals: RMM 0 (2009), 67-82