{"title":"Moral Nihilism—So What?","authors":"Lewis Williams","doi":"10.1086/725808","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Edward Elliott and Jessica Isserow argue that it is not usually in the best interests of ordinary human beings to learn the truth of moral nihilism. According to Elliott and Isserow, ordinary human beings would suffer costs from learning the truth of moral nihilism that are unlikely to be fully compensated for by any benefits. Here I provide reasons to doubt that ordinary human beings would suffer costs from learning the truth of moral nihilism and present a dilemma for Elliott and Isserow’s view.","PeriodicalId":48118,"journal":{"name":"Ethics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.6000,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Ethics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1086/725808","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"ETHICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Edward Elliott and Jessica Isserow argue that it is not usually in the best interests of ordinary human beings to learn the truth of moral nihilism. According to Elliott and Isserow, ordinary human beings would suffer costs from learning the truth of moral nihilism that are unlikely to be fully compensated for by any benefits. Here I provide reasons to doubt that ordinary human beings would suffer costs from learning the truth of moral nihilism and present a dilemma for Elliott and Isserow’s view.
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Ethics is a scholarly journal that covers a range of topics pertaining to moral, political, and legal philosophy. It includes articles from various intellectual perspectives, such as social and political theory, law, and economics. The journal presents new theories, applies theory to contemporary moral issues, and focuses on historical works that have significant implications for contemporary theory. In addition to major articles, Ethics also publishes critical discussions, symposia, review essays, and book reviews. Articles published in Ethics are indexed in several abstracting and indexing services, including Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (Print), Ulrichsweb (Online), J-Gate, HINARI, Clarivate Analytics, De Gruyter Saur, EBSCOhost, Elsevier BV, PubMed, ProQuest, and others.