Wittgenstein and Objectivity in Ethics: A Reply to B randhorst

In “ C orrespondence to R eality in E thics”, M ario B randhorst examines the view of ethics that W ittgenstein took in his later years. According to B randhorst, W ittgenstein leaves room for truth and falsity, facts, correspondence and reality in ethics. W ittgenstein's target, argues B randhorst, is objectivity. I argue (i) that B randhorst's arguments in favour of truth, facts, reality and correspondence in ethics invite similar arguments in favour of objectivity, (ii) that B randhorst does not recognise this because his conception of objectivity is distorted by a P latonist picture and (iii) that he misinterprets the passage which he takes to support a W ittgensteinian case against objectivity.