Foundations of Moral Obligation Pt 1: Subjectivism

C. Stephen Evans (Baylor University, Australian Catholic University)

This seminar (the first in the series) will examine various forms of subjectivism, beginning with the emotivism of the positivists and moving on to more sophisticated forms of "expressivism," such as Simon Blackburn's "Quasi-Realism." I shall argue that none of these accounts can do justice to the objectivity and authority moral obligations possess.