I think the intuition that moral judgments need to have “force” or make “demands” is a bit of a muddle, and some good readings for getting un-muddled here are:
Peter Hurford’s “A Meta-Ethics FAQ”
Eliezer Yudkowsky’s Mere Goodness
Philippa Foot’s “Morality as a System of Hypothetical Imperatives”
Peter Singer’s “The Triviality of the Debate Over ‘Is-Ought’ and the Definition of ‘Moral’”
Kyle might have some better suggestions for readings here.
I think the intuition that moral judgments need to have “force” or make “demands” is a bit of a muddle, and some good readings for getting un-muddled here are:
Peter Hurford’s “A Meta-Ethics FAQ”
Eliezer Yudkowsky’s Mere Goodness
Philippa Foot’s “Morality as a System of Hypothetical Imperatives”
Peter Singer’s “The Triviality of the Debate Over ‘Is-Ought’ and the Definition of ‘Moral’”
Kyle might have some better suggestions for readings here.