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Filozoficzne źródła antyrealizmu etycznego
Philosophical Sources of Ethical Anti-Realism

Author(s): Krzysztof Saja
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: metaethics; moral anti-realism; moral realism; non-cognitivism; global-error theories; eliminativism; metaetyka; antyrealizm etyczny; akognitywizm; emotywizm; realizm etyczny; teoria globalnego błędu; eliminatywizm

Summary/Abstract: In the contemporary analytic philosophy about one-third of authors tend toward moral antirealism. Sources of its popularity have to be found in many arguments justifying the abandonment of moral realism. Every realist should meet them. Unfortunately, in Polish literature about ethics it is difficult to find a presentation and a critique of these arguments. Many philosophers who represent continental philosophy like Neo-Thomism, material Value-Ethics, hermeneutic ethics, assume ethical realism and do not respond to the arguments of anti-realists. The purpose of the article is to present in one place the most important arguments that are important sources of ethical antirealism in metaethics of analytic philosophy.

  • Issue Year: 62/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 5-24
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish