Moral Realism and Anti-Realism outside the West: A Meta-Ethical Turn in Buddhist Ethics

Moral Realism, Skepticism and Anti-realism: a Critical Analysis of the Criteria for Moral Realism

Despite the fact that realism has long been the dominant outlook in science, ethical realism has been thought to be especially problematic. Even the most steadfast realists in other fields have questioned the existence of moral truths. It seems that the would be moral realist has his work cut out for him. The first step necessary for any defense of moral realism will be the identification of th...

Moral realism as moral motivation: The impact of meta-ethics on everyday decision-making Running Head: Moral realism as motivation

*** In Press at Journal of Experimental Social Psychology *** Moral realism as moral motivation: The impact of meta-ethics on everyday decision-making Running Head: Moral realism as motivation Liane Young and AJ Durwin Department of Psychology, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467 Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Liane Young, Department of ...

21 Realism / Anti - Realism

The main realism/anti-realism issue in the philosophy of science is the issue of scientific realism, concerned with the unobservable entities of science. However, there is also a more general issue, often known as “realism about the external world,” concerned primarily with the observable entities of common sense, but which spreads to scientific entities, both observable and unobservable. The i...

Moral realism as moral motivation: The impact of meta-ethics on everyday decision-making

► We primed moral realism, the belief that moral facts are like mathematical truths. ► Priming meta-ethical views (realism vs. antirealism) affected actual behavior. ► Priming a belief in moral realism increased charitable giving. ► Moral realism may raise the moral stakes and motivate moral behavior. a b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o People disagree about whether " moral facts " are object...

Agency and Moral Realism