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Meta-ethical view
Universal prescriptivism is the meta-ethical view that claims that, rather than expressing propositions, ethical sentences function similarly to imperatives which are universalizable—whoever makes a moral judgment is committed to the same judgment in any situation where the same relevant facts pertain. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Universal prescriptivismA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Fixing EnglishThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Universal prescriptivism: traditional moral decision‐making theory revisitedCited 7 times
- Go sideways: Non-cognitivismA closely related topic
- Go sideways: EmotivismA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Universal prescriptivism: traditional moral decision‐making theory revisited
Universalized prescriptivism and utilitarianism: Hare's attempted forced marriage
A prognosis for universal prescriptivism
Hare on Universal Prescriptivism and Utilitarianism
A Doubt about Universal Prescriptivism
UNIVERSAL PRESCRIPTIVISM AND PRACTICAL SKEPTICISM
A doubt about universal prescriptivism
Hare on universal prescriptivism and utilitarianism
📚 Books worth reading
Fixing EnglishAnne Curzan · 2014- 📕The bishop's grammarIngrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade · 2011
- 📕A Companion to ethicsPeter Singer · 1993
Eighteenth-century EnglishRaymond Hickey · 2010
Understanding language through humorStanley Dubinsky · 2011- 📕The western classical tradition in linguisticsKeith Allan · 2009
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