Are emotions necessary and sufficient for making moral judgments?

Jesse Prinz (2006, 2007) claimed that emotions are necessary and sufficient for moral judgments. First of all, I clarify what this claim amounts to. The view that he labels emotionism will then be critically assessed. Prinz marshals empirical findings to defend a series of increasingly strong theses...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marco Aurélio Sousa Alves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2013-07-01
Series:Ethic@: an International Journal for Moral Philosophy
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ethic/article/view/26841