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Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

Disciplines:
ethics
ethics/metaethics
ethics/applied ethics

Summary

American philosopher who has worked on moral skepticism, informal logic, applied ethics, and the neuroscience of morality.

Core Contribution

Developed a careful defense of moral skepticism — the view that we lack adequate grounds for moral knowledge. Moral Psychology (multi-volume): a comprehensive research program integrating philosophy and neuroscience. Wrote widely used informal logic textbooks.

Notable Works & Achievements

Moral Skepticisms

Moral Psychology

Think Again

Historical Influences

Derek Parfit Peter Railton

Intellectual Lineage

Analytic Ethics

Contemporaries & Peers

Jonathan Haidt Joshua Greene

Minds Influenced

No recorded minds influenced.

Intellectual Posterity

Neuroethics

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