No point of view except ours?

Elson, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3013-8030 (2024) No point of view except ours? Topoi, 43 (2). pp. 479-489. ISSN 0167-7411 doi: 10.1007/s11245-024-10029-8

Abstract/Summary

I argue that it’s quite comprehensible to get upset about metaethical nihilism, to indulge what I call nihilistic despair. When we lose the objective moral or normative point of view, we lose the promise of luck-immune guidance and categorical importance, things many of us hope for. This is all quite Williams-friendly, but I reject his puzzling but suggestive remarks that nihilistic despair must be a self-pitying muddle. Finally, I argue that internalism about reasons is even more depressing than outright nihilism, in one way at least.

Item Type	Article
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Identification Number/DOI	10.1007/s11245-024-10029-8
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Humanities > Philosophy Central Services
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