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The Underdetermination of Moral Theories presents a comprehensive analysis of one of philosophy’s most challenging problems: the inability to definitively prove that one moral theory is superior to all others. Marius Baumann argues that empirical evidence and rational argumentation alone cannot fully determine which ethical framework is correct, as multiple competing theories can accommodate the same moral data equally well.
Drawing on insights from philosophy of science and meta-ethics, Baumann explores the implications of this underdetermination for moral knowledge and justification. He examines how this problem affects consequentialist, deontological, and virtue-based approaches, while considering what solutions might be available to moral theorists. The work addresses fundamental questions about the nature of moral truth, the objectivity of ethics, and how we should proceed when faced with genuinely underdetermined choices between equally plausible moral frameworks.
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