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    There is no way to rule out moral nihilism — Carmelics
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    There is no way to rule out moral nihilism

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    • 1.Moral nihilism cannot be ruled out by logic and semantics alone
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    • 2.Moral nihilism cannot be ruled out by arguments from non-moral facts or observations
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    • 3.Moral nihilism cannot be ruled out by appeal to common moral beliefs
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    • 1.Moral realists like Parfit argue convergence under ideal reflection constitutes evidence against nihilism, not mere belief.
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    • 2.If rational agents consistently converge on moral truths under idealized conditions, this convergence requires a non-nihilist explanation.
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    • 3.The nihilist bears the same evidential burden as the skeptic: undercutting defeaters must themselves be positively established.
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    • 1.Korsgaard's constitutivism holds that moral obligations are grounded in the constitutive structure of agency itself, not in external facts.
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    • 2.If nihilism is incoherent with the very act of rational deliberation, it cannot be a live epistemic possibility for any deliberating agent.
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    Nothing can rule out moral nihilism.96%Moral nihilism cannot be ruled out by appeal to common moral beliefs89%Every method proposed for ruling out moral nihilism can be criticized.89%Moral nihilism cannot be ruled out by arguments from non-moral facts o...88%

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    There are two main responses to such skeptical hypothesis arguments (cf. May 2013). First, some anti-skeptics deny (1) and claim that skeptical hypotheses can be ruled out somehow. They might argue that moral nihilism is internally inconsistent or meaningless. If so, it can be ruled out by logic and semantics alone. However, moral nihilism does seem consistent and meaningful, according to all plausible theories of moral language, including expressivism, realism, and constructivism (Sinnott-Arms
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