59 - Metaethics & Moral Realism w/ Michael Huemer

Dr. Michael Huemer joins me to discuss moral realism vs. antirealism, ethical intuitionism, phenomenal conservatism, moral disagreement, and much else in moral philosophy. Ethical Intuitionism Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy William Lane Craig vs. Erik Wielenberg Linktree/ The Five Metaethical Positions / Noncognitivism/expressivism: Moral statements are neither true nor false. Evaluative predicates do not evenpurportedly refer to any sort of property, nor do evaluative statements assert propositions.Error theory/nihilism: Moral statements (that imply that something has an evaluative property) are all false.Subjectivism: Some moral statements are true, but not objectively. For a thing to be good is for some individual or group to (be disposed to) take some attitude towards it.Moral Naturalism: There are objective moral properties, but they are reducible. Evaluative truths are reducible to descriptive truths. Additionally, moral statements can be justified empirically.Moral Non-Naturalism/Intuitionism: There are objective moral properties, and they are irreducible. Evaluative truths are not reducible to descriptive truths. Additionally, at least some moral truths are known intuitively./ Timestamps /00:00 Introduction01:05 Objective vs. Subjective06:45 Five Metaethical Views36:45 Fictionalism50:40 Phenomenal Conservatism, Scientism, Skepticism1:15:00 Moral Disagreement1:25:00 Theism and Moral Realism1:41:00 Companions in Innocence1:46:30 Evolutionary Debunking Arguments2:00:00 Huemer’s soul is not in Colorado nor is it in Michigan