Standards, Perspectives, and the Meaning of Life: A Reply to Seachris [Book Review]

Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 17 (3):457-468 (2014)
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Abstract

In a recent article in this journal, Joshua W. Seachris (2012) argues that the distinction I make between perspectives and standards in sub specie aeternitatis arguments for the meaninglessness of life does not hold for a salient component of the sub specie aeternitatis perspective: the ontological-normative component. In this article I suggest that Seachris’s argument is problematic in a number of ways and ought to be rejected.

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Iddo Landau
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A theory of justice.John Rawls - 2009 - In Steven M. Cahn (ed.), Exploring ethics: an introductory anthology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 133-135.
The philosophy of information.Luciano Floridi - 2011 - New York: Oxford University Press.
Meaning in Life and Why It Matters.Susan Wolf - 2010 - Princeton University Press.

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