A Modal Argument for Moral Realism

Christian Coons claims to have proved that some acts have moral properties. I doubt he's done that.

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OUTLINE

0:00 Intro & Outline
1:52 Moral Realism & Error Theory
7:20 Supervenience
12:53 Coons’ Argument
17:36 Symmetry Problem
20:03 Breaking Symmetry: First Pass
29:01 Breaking Symmetry: Second Pass
39:21 Summary & Conclusion

RESOURCES

(1) Coons' (2011) paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10....

(2) Brown's (2013) paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10....

(3) Moral Argument playlist:    • Moral Argument  

(4) My website: https://www.josephschmid.com