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Moral foundations are not moral propositions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2019

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Daniel Haas*
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Department of Philosophy, School of Arts and Sciences, Red Deer College, Red Deer, AB, Canada, T4N 5H5Daniel.haas@rdc.ab.cahttps://rdc.ab.ca/programs/academic-departments/school-arts-and-sciences/bachelor-arts/ba-philosophy/faculty/daniel-haas-phd
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Abstract

Joshua May responds to skepticism about moral knowledge via appeal to empirical work on moral foundations. I demonstrate that the moral foundations literature is not able to do the work May needs. It demonstrates shared moral cognition, not shared moral judgment, and therefore, May's attempt to defeat general skepticism fails.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e154
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