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ARGUMENT IZ NEOBIČNOSTI
The argument from queerness

Author(s): Rastko Jevtić
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Filozofsko društvo Srbije
Keywords: argument from queerness; error theory; moral realism

Summary/Abstract: J. L. Mackie’s argument from queerness is a key argument against moral realism and objectivism, but it is also a central argument for constructing Mackie’s own position which he calls error theory. Unfortunately, Mackie does not present the argument from queerness in a fully systematic and explicit way in his original text. For that reason, it is necessary to reconstruct the argument in a manner that possesses these qualities. I will reconstruct three versions of the argument from queerness and criticize them. In this way, I will arrive at the strongest version of the argument from queerness. Only the „normative-motivational essences” version possesses the qualities that genuinely threaten realism and objectivism.

  • Issue Year: 69/2026
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 201-212
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Serbian
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