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Expressivism and Buck-Passing

I’ve been recently reading Gibbard’s and Schroeder’s new books (both brilliant) on expressivism. I’ve started to wonder whether there is a connection between expressivism and the so-called buck-passing views. I’m sure others have thought about this before, but, if there is such a connection, it seems quite surprising to me. So, I thought I’d quickly lay out why I think there is this connection and then give some options for what should be done as a result.

Wanted: Expert Ethical Intuitions

Eric Schwitzgebel and Fiery Cushman are running a new version of the Moral Sense Test and they are especially interested in collecting responses from moral experts - those with graduate training in ethical or political theory.  Given the readership of this Blog, that probably includes you!

The test should take about 15-20 minutes, and Eric writes that people who have taken earlier versions of the Moral Sense Test, "have often reported it interesting to think about the kinds of moral dilemmas posed in the test."

If you have the extra time or want to procrastinate a bit, just click here.