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From objectivized morality to objective morality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 May 2018

Joseph Jebari  and
Bryce Huebner
Joseph Jebari
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20057. jdj48@georgetown.eduBryce.Huebner@georgetown.eduhttp://brycehuebner.weebly.com
Bryce Huebner
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. 20057. jdj48@georgetown.eduBryce.Huebner@georgetown.eduhttp://brycehuebner.weebly.com
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Abstract

Stanford holds that the externalization and objectivization of moral judgments are what sustain human cooperative lifeways. We reply that the central function of human moral psychology is to track and respond to the structural features of our social environment, and we argue that moral obligations are grounded in the relationship between individual agents and the stability of their social groups.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 41 , 2018 , e105
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