Wiggins on ethical objectivity and ‘Des Cannibales’

Adam Etinson

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Wiggins on ethical objectivity and ‘Des Cannibales’

Adam Etinson^*

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This short essay offers a commentary on Chapter 11 of David Wiggins’, Ethics (2006). The essay asks how we should interpret Wiggins’ defense of ethical ‘objectivity’ given his subjectivist metaethics. An interpretation is drawn from Sharon Street's work on metaethical constructivism, of which Wiggins’ view is taken to be one variety.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	321-336
Number of pages	16
Journal	Philosophy
Volume	97
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031819122000018
Publication status	Published - 4 Aug 2022

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