Moral Realism and Cross-Cultural Normative Diversity, Comment on Henrich et al.

Machery, Edouard and Kelly, Dan and Stich, Steve (2005) Moral Realism and Cross-Cultural Normative Diversity, Comment on Henrich et al..

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Abstract

We discuss the implications of the findings reported in the target article for moral theory, and argue that they represent a clear and genuine case of fundamental moral disagreement. As such, they support a moderate form of moral anti-realism, the position that for some moral issues, there is no fact of the matter about what is right and wrong.

Keywords:Cross-cultural normative diversity, moral anti-realism, ultimatum game, dictator game, public good game
Subjects:Specific Sciences: Anthropology
ID Code:2399
Deposited By:Machery, Edouard
Deposited On:10 August 2005
Additional Information:Forthcoming in Behavioral and Brain Sciences