<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>I have recently argued that if the causal theory of reference is true, then, on pain of absurdity, no normative ethical theory is true. In this journal, Michael Byron has objected to my <italic>reductio</italic> by appealing to Frank Jackson’s moral reductionism. The present essay defends my <italic>reductio</italic> while also casting doubt upon Jackson’s moral reductionism.</p></abstract>

I have recently argued that if the causal theory of reference is true, then, on pain of absurdity, no normative ethical theory is true. In this journal, Michael Byron has objected to my reductio by appealing to Frank Jackson’s moral reductionism. The present essay defends my reductio while also casting doubt upon Jackson’s moral reductionism.

Rightness = Right-Maker: Reduction or <italic>Reductio</italic>?

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I have recently argued that if the causal theory of reference is true, then, on pain of absurdity, no normative ethical theory is true. In this journal,...

Rightness = Right-Maker: Reduction or Reductio?

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 193 - 206

Received: Apr 15, 2015

Accepted: Aug 08, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2015-0010

Keywords
Causal theory of reference, right-making properties, moral reductionism, Frank Jackson, justifying reasons

© 2015 Joseph Long, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Rightness = Right-Maker: Reduction or Reductio?

Published Online: Dec 31, 2018

Page range: 193 - 206

Received: Apr 15, 2015

Accepted: Aug 08, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2015-0010

KeywordsCausal theory of reference, right-making properties, moral reductionism, Frank Jackson, justifying reasons

© 2015 Joseph Long, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Causal theory of reference, right-making properties, moral reductionism, Frank Jackson, justifying reasons