Is moral phenomenology unified?
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Sinnott-Armstrong, W
Published in: Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
March 1, 2008
In this short paper, I argue that the phenomenology of moral judgment is not unified across different areas of morality (involving harm, hierarchy, reciprocity, and impurity) or even across different relations to harm. Common responses, such as that moral obligations are experienced as felt demands based on a sense of what is fitting, are either too narrow to cover all moral obligations or too broad to capture anything important and peculiar to morality. The disunity of moral phenomenology is, nonetheless, compatible with some uses of moral phenomenology for moral epistemology and with the objectivity and justifiability of parts of morality. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
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Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
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1572-8676
ISSN
1568-7759
Publication Date
March 1, 2008
Volume
7
Issue
1
Start / End Page
85 / 97
Related Subject Headings
- Experimental Psychology
- 5003 Philosophy
- 2203 Philosophy
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences
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Sinnott-Armstrong, W. (2008). Is moral phenomenology unified? Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, 7(1), 85–97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-007-9065-z
Sinnott-Armstrong, W. “Is moral phenomenology unified?” Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences 7, no. 1 (March 1, 2008): 85–97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-007-9065-z.
Sinnott-Armstrong W. Is moral phenomenology unified? Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. 2008 Mar 1;7(1):85–97.
Sinnott-Armstrong, W. “Is moral phenomenology unified?” Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, vol. 7, no. 1, Mar. 2008, pp. 85–97. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s11097-007-9065-z.
Sinnott-Armstrong W. Is moral phenomenology unified? Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. 2008 Mar 1;7(1):85–97.
Published In
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
DOI
EISSN
1572-8676
ISSN
1568-7759
Publication Date
March 1, 2008
Volume
7
Issue
1
Start / End Page
85 / 97
Related Subject Headings
- Experimental Psychology
- 5003 Philosophy
- 2203 Philosophy
- 1702 Cognitive Sciences