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What is sentimentalism? What is rationalism?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2019

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Antti Kauppinen*
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Department of Practical Philosophy, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland. [email protected]://anttikauppinen.weebly.com
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Abstract

May argues successfully that many claims about the causal influence of affect on moral judgment are overblown. But the findings he cites are compatible with many of the key arguments of philosophical sentimentalists. His account of rationalism, in turn, relies on an overly broad notion of inference, and leaves open crucial questions about how we reason to moral conclusions.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e157
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