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JUSTICE AS A NATURAL PHENOMENON

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2009

Ken Binmore
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This article is my latest attempt to come up with a minimal version of my evolutionary theory of fairness, previously summarized in my book Natural Justice. The naturalism that I espouse is currently unpopular, but Figure 1 shows that the scientific tradition in moral philosophy nevertheless has a long and distinguished history. John Mackie's Inventing Right and Wrong is the most eloquent expression of the case for naturalism in modern times. Mackie's demolition of the claims made for a priori reasoning in moral philosophy seem unanswerable to me.

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Research Article
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Think , Volume 8 , Issue 22 , Summer 2009 , pp. 7 - 23
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 2009

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