Supererogationism and Anti-Realism
Location
Tacoma, Washington
Event Website
https://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/philosophy/experiential-learning-philosophy/puget-sound-undergraduate-philosophy
Start Date
31-3-2023 3:30 PM
End Date
31-3-2023 4:20 PM
Description
"Supererogationism and Anti-Realism"
Rylan Garwood (University of Washington)
Comments by J.J. Alvarez (Puget Sound)
Chair: Mei Pacheco-Leong
Supererogatory acts are said to be ethically good but optional. One intuitive objection is that, if an act is truly good, then it should be obligatory. Contemporary defenders of supererogatory acts argue that this is not so, as morality would become too demanding. Additionally, the more common strategy is to argue there are non-moral reasons that may override moral reasons. In this paper, I will sketch some worries with these strategies. I will argue that, since supererogationists deny that moral reasons are overriding, their position is open to anti-realism. Thus, if one wishes to be a moral realist, one ought to believe that morality is overriding and that there are no supererogatory acts.
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Supererogationism and Anti-Realism
Tacoma, Washington
"Supererogationism and Anti-Realism"
Rylan Garwood (University of Washington)
Comments by J.J. Alvarez (Puget Sound)
Chair: Mei Pacheco-Leong
Supererogatory acts are said to be ethically good but optional. One intuitive objection is that, if an act is truly good, then it should be obligatory. Contemporary defenders of supererogatory acts argue that this is not so, as morality would become too demanding. Additionally, the more common strategy is to argue there are non-moral reasons that may override moral reasons. In this paper, I will sketch some worries with these strategies. I will argue that, since supererogationists deny that moral reasons are overriding, their position is open to anti-realism. Thus, if one wishes to be a moral realist, one ought to believe that morality is overriding and that there are no supererogatory acts.
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