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Shaftesbury’s place in the history of moral realis

Authors: T H Irwin
Publish Date: 2014/03/14
Volume: 172, Issue: 4, Pages: 865-882
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In contemporary moral philosophy ‘moral realism’ refers to a position in the metaphysics of morality that is analogous to realism about ordinary objects and to scientific realism about theoretical entities It is a realist doctrine in contrast to noncognitivism constructivism fictionalism and nihilism about moral judgments and moral properties But while these particular contrasts are characteristic of contemporary philosophy realism itself is much older Ross Prichard and Sidgwick for instance hold realist views in the metaphysics of morals though they do not describe them in this wayAs far as I know the first person to use ‘moral realism’ as a description of a distinct tradition in modern moral philosophy is Whewell He speaks of Shaftesbury as “the origin of a new school of real moralists” 1852 p 91 who maintained some of the views of “the ancient school of Cudworth and Clarke” Balguy is a member of this “old realist school” p 94 who

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