CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Lam, Yuk Pui |
|---|---|
| Title | Evolutionary Debunking: Can Moral Realism Resist the Epistemological Challenge? |
| Summary | Evolutionary debunking arguments (EDAs) against moral realism appeal to the alleged success of the evolutionary approach to explaining the emergence and the content of human moral thoughts. In this thesis I will firstly give analyses of the evolutionary approach assumed by debunkers and two types of debunking arguments: the metaphysical debunking and the epistemological debunking. Then I shall examine prominent realist solutions to the epistemological debunking challenge. I conclude that none of the responses in question succeed(s) in defending moral realism against the Darwinian challenge. |
| Supervisor | Rippon, Simon |
| Department | Philosophy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/lam_yuk-pui.pdf |
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