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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"fact-value distinction"”.
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Health and human nature: A naturalist's account of health and normality
… and disease has largely revolved around the fact-value distinction and the problem of the place of values in biomedical science. In this essay it is argued that the proper place for a naturalist to begin an investigation of these notions is in biology, and that the fact-value controversy is …
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The Potential of Metaethics for Moral Education
… The kinds of claims made about moral value are interpreted to indicate an implicit radical subjectivism or an unwarranted faith in an alleged formalism which actually masks particular substantive moralities. Some misuses of metaethics are uncovered which lead to the question of the …
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What Does Value Matter? The Interest-Relational Theory of the Semantics and Metaphysics of Value
"Value and reasons for action are often cited by rationalists and moral realists as providing a desire-independent foundation for normativity. Those maintaining instead that normativity is dependent upon motivation often deny that anything called '""value"" or ""reasons"" exists. According to the …