Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
3-2015
Abstract
The ascendency of science in modern times makes it commonplace to accept that science presents the only true and correct image of reality. This has led to naturalization attempts in various domains, from epistemology, metaphysics, to philosophy of mind, and ethics. Naturalistic ethics may mean different things depending on what we consider natural. David Copp equates it with the empirical – emphasizing the relevance of empirical evidence to justification – while admitting that what is empirical is itself problematic.1 One might count as empirical that which can be observed by our physical senses, or more narrowly that which can be studied by the natural sciences.
Discipline
Arts and Humanities
Research Areas
Humanities
Publication
Journal of Value Inquiry
Volume
49
Issue
1
First Page
247
Last Page
265
ISSN
0022-5363
Identifier
10.1007/s10790-014-9474-5
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)
Citation
TAN, Sor-hoon.(2015). Xunzi and naturalistic ethics. Journal of Value Inquiry, 49(1), 247-265.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2550
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10790-014-9474-5