Open AccessA Response to Clunn's Axioms of Morality
Author(s) -
Joaquin Miller
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
communications of the blyth institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2640-5652
pISSN - 2640-5644
DOI - 10.33014/issn.2640-5652.3.1.miller.1
Subject(s) - morality , epistemology , axiom , a priori and a posteriori , illusion , philosophy , identity (music) , consciousness , value (mathematics) , foundationalism , psychology , social psychology , mathematics , cognitive psychology , aesthetics , statistics , geometry
This is a brief critique of Clunn's foundationalism which grounds moral decision making in what he calls the three fundamental axioms of existence, consciousness, and identity. It shows how his precommitments create at least three incoherencies wherein a priori is a posteriori, individuality is an illusion, and objective morality is subjective. For Clunn's moral philosophy to offer practical value, these internal conflicts must be resolved.