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An Outline of An Argument for Robust Metanormative Realism

Enoch (2007)

One-Sentence Thesis

The author argues for Robust Metanormative Realism, the view that there are response-independent, non-natural, irreducibly normative truths that are perfectly universal and objective.

Argument Outline

  1. 1Introduction to Robust Metanormative Realism
  2. 2Presentation of Harman's Challenge
  3. 3Rejection of the explanatory requirement
  4. 4Compatibility with ontological parsimony
  5. 5Argument for deliberative indispensability
  6. 6Characterization of the phenomenology of deliberation

Key Distinctions

Robust Metanormative Realism vs. other metanormative views
Explanatory vs. deliberative indispensability

Key Terms

Robust Metanormative Realism
The view that there are response-independent, non-natural, irreducibly normative truths that are perfectly universal and objective.
Deliberative indispensability
The idea that irreducibly normative truths are indispensable for the project of deliberating and deciding what to do.

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