2023
DOI: 10.1007/s10892-023-09443-8
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Against Metasemantics-First Moral Epistemology

Jesse Hambly,
Shang Long Yeo

Abstract: Moral metasemantic theories explain how our moral thought and talk are about certain properties. Given the connection between what our moral terms are about and which moral claims are true, it might be thought that metasemantic theorising can justify first-order ethical conclusions, thus providing a novel way of doing moral epistemology. In this paper, we spell out one kind of argument from metasemantic theories to normative ethical conclusions, and argue that it fails to transmit justification from premises t… Show more

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