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Philosophical position
Ethical subjectivism is the meta-ethical view which claims that:Ethical sentences express propositions. Some such propositions are true. The truth or falsity of such propositions is ineliminably dependent on the attitudes of people. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Ethical subjectivismA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Overview of the ethical guidelines for medical and biological research involving human subjects in JapanInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Philosophy -- A Text with ReadingsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert GuidelinesCited 1,596 times
- Go sideways: Anti-realismA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Cognitivism (ethics)A closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Safety and recommendations for TMS use in healthy subjects and patient populations, with updates on training, ethical and regulatory issues: Expert Guidelines
Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects
Qualitative Inquiry between Scientistic Evidentialism, Ethical Subjectivism and the Free Market
Spinoza and Ethical Subjectivism*
Ethical Objectivism‐Subjectivism: A Neglected Dimension in the Study of Moral Thought∗
Hare’s ethical subjectivism
The Ethical Advantages of Free Will Subjectivism
Ayer's Ethical Theory: Emotivism or Subjectivism?
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
Philosophy -- A Text with ReadingsManuel G. Velasquez, Vincent E. Barry · 1980
Reason and responsibilityJoel Feinberg · 1965
Fellow-feeling and the moral lifeJoseph Duke Filonowicz · 2008- 📕Law and the question of the animalYoriko Otomo, Edward Mussawir · 2013
Metaethical subjectivismRichard Double · 2005
Théorie du sujetAlain Badiou, Alain Badiou · 1982
Ethics for LifeJudith Boss · 2003- 📕Key concepts in critical management studiesMark Tadajewski · 2011
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