Philosophical Arguments for the Existence of Moral Knowledge
This paper summarises the philosophical arguments for the existence of moral knowledge, supported by the evidence for the external world contained in the article "Proof of the Objectivity of Morals" by Renford Bambrough. Bibliography cites one reference.
The arguments for the existence of moral knowledge
The idea behind the article "A Proof of the Objectivity of Morals" by Renford Bambrough has a thesis that we have moral knowledge. This is a controversial assertion, and is one that is not accepted by many philosophers.
The article start with consideration of two of Moores, arguments, that regarding the defence of common sense as well as the way in which the external world is proven. There is evidence to support the propositions made, as in any attempt to disprove knowledge that another believes they have, such as the belief an individual has two hands, then it is the contradiction that must be seen as erroneous, as they must be making the statement as a result of false argument or mistaken reasoning. Therefore, if we have knowledge then there is a self evident proof of the existence of moral knowledge (Bambrough, 1969).
The interesting factor here is that there is a focus on the knowledge rather than the language which is used to express the knowledge. Bambrough argues that if a linguistic philosopher entered this discussion they would then argue that Moore used the term 'know;' in an unusual way (Bambrough, 1969).
If we look to the way the argument regarding moral knowledge is see it is...
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