A liberal realist answer to debunking skeptics: : the empirical case for realism

• Autores: Michael Huemer
• Localización: Philosophical Studies, ISSN-e 1573-0883, Vol. 173, Nº. 7, 2016, págs. 1983-2010
• Idioma: alemán
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• Resumen

  • Debunking skeptics claim that our moral beliefs are formed by processes unsuited to identifying objective facts, such as emotions inculcated by our genes and culture; therefore, they say, even if there are objective moral facts, we probably don’t know them. I argue that the debunking skeptics cannot explain the pervasive trend toward liberalization of values over human history, and that the best explanation is the realist’s: humanity is becoming increasingly liberal because liberalism is the objectively correct moral stance.