This article develops and defends the Wittgensteinian idea of basic moral certainty that I
advanced in earlier writings. It seeks to defend the core of this idea against criticisms issued …

Abstract In On Certainty, Wittgenstein's reflections bring into view the phenomenon of basic
certainty. He explores this phenomenon mostly in relation to our certainty with regard to …

Pleasants argues in favour of the idea of basic moral certainties. Analogous to Wittgenstein's
basic empirical certainties, basic moral certainties are universal certainties that cannot be …

Hard problems are sometimes best tackled obliquely. Why be moral? What is the status of
moral language? Isn't morality all relative to culture or person? These are all hard problems …

Alice Crary claims that “the standard view of the bearing of Wittgenstein's philosophy on
ethics” is dominated by “inviolability interpretations”, which often underlie conservative …

This paper is an attempt to lay out a meta‐ethical position that is inspired by the framework
of Wittgenstein's later philosophy. To achieve this goal, this paper is divided into two parts …

By focusing on the practices of morally justifying actions and moral judgements, it has been
possible to support the view that justification is required only for that which seems to be …

What is a moral argument? A straightforward answer is that a moral argument is an
argument dealing with moral issues, such as the permissibility of killing in certain …

In his article,“Wittgenstein and Basic Moral Certainty,” Nigel Pleasants argues that killing an
innocent, non-threatening person is wrong. It is, he argues,“a basic moral certainty.” He …

Epistemic and moral certainities like 'This is a hand'or 'Killing people is evil'will be
interpreted as constitutive rules of language games, such that they are unjustifiable …