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24.502 Topics in Metaphysics and Ethics | Linguistics and Philosophy

This is a class about 'ought' and ought—you can think of it as a class in philosophy of language and metaphysics in which the focus is the ethical sphere. Some of the questions that we will broach include: How should we give a semantics for 'ought' generally? Is there anything special about the ethical 'ought'? Is there anything that you ethically ought to do, e.g., give to charity or refrain from stealing?... Show More

Keywords:: expressivism, right and wrong, language, morals, relativism, Metaphysics, non-naturalism, philosophy, realism, Ethics, Philosophy of Language, minimalism, ethics, supervenience, morality, contingentism, principles, internalism, choice, ought, metaphysics, contextualism, Philosophy

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Material Type:: Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:: May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:: July 5, 2017
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Submitter:: Barbra Bied Sperling

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