My sense, though, is that if you scratch most āexpand the moral circleā statements you find a bit of implicit moral realism. I think generally thereās an unspoken ā...to be closer to its truly appropriate extentā, and that thereās an unspoken assumption that thereāll be a sensible basis for that extent. Maybe some people are making the statement prima facie though. Could make for an interesting survey.
Good point and good fact.
My sense, though, is that if you scratch most āexpand the moral circleā statements you find a bit of implicit moral realism. I think generally thereās an unspoken ā...to be closer to its truly appropriate extentā, and that thereās an unspoken assumption that thereāll be a sensible basis for that extent. Maybe some people are making the statement prima facie though. Could make for an interesting survey.