Type of Document Master's Thesis Author Desaulniers, Angela J URN etd-04252006-195044 Title Rossian Moral Pluralism: A (Partial) Defense Degree Master of Arts Department Philosophy Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title Dr Andrew Altman Committee Chair Dr George Rainbolt Committee Member Dr Peter Lindsay Committee Member Keywords
- W.D. Ross
- Moral Pluralism
- McNaughton
- Hooker
- Gaut
Date of Defense 2006-04-10 Availability unrestricted Abstract Rossian moral pluralism’s rejection of a founding moral principle and use of ‘prima facieduties’ as opposed to absolute duties makes it unique from most other major ethical
theories. It has been attacked in a myriad of different ways because of this. Brad Hooker
has proposed two objections based on these ideas. The first is that moral pluralism is
lacking justification because of its rejection of a founding moral principle. The second is
that because of this, and its lack of absolute duties, moral pluralism is an indeterminate
theory. In this paper I will look at Hooker’s objections as well as two responses that have
been proposed as solutions. Having shown these solutions to be insufficient I will then
propose a way to look at Ross’ moral pluralism that saves it from Hooker’s objections
and clearly lays out Ross’ understanding of how we should deliberate about moral
matters.
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