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Sinnott-Armstrong here provides an extensive survey of the difficult subject of moral beliefs. He covers theories that grapple with questions of morality such as naturalism, normativism, intuitionism, and coherentism. He then defends his own theory that he calls ""moderate moral skepticism,"" which is that moral beliefs can be justified, but not extremely justified.

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Walter Sinnott-Armstrong is Chauncey Stillman Professor of Practical Ethics in the Department of Philosophy and the Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University. He is co-instructor of the Coursera MOOC also called Think Again, and co-author of the textbook Understanding Arguments (with Robert Fogelin).

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Moral Skepticisms

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Philosophy, Nonfiction
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171.2Philosophy & psychologyEthicsEthical systemsIntuition - Moral sentiment
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BJ1031 .S56Philosophy, Psychology and ReligionEthicsEthicsHistory and general works
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