''Ethical Intuitionism'' is a 2005

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(hardcover release: 2005, paperback release: 2008) by

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philosophy professor

Michael Huemer Michael Huemer (; born 27 December 1969) is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has defended ethical intuitionism, direct realism, libertarianism, veganism, and philosophical anarchism. Education and career H ...

defending

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. The book expands on Huemer's early writing defending moral realism.

Reception

Reviews in academic publications

The book was reviewed by David McNaughton of Florida State University on ''Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.'' The review was generally positive, and concluded thus: "This book has many merits. It is generally clear, well-argued, timely, and thought-provoking. Not the least of its merits, however, is that it contains a large element of truth. Huemer is understandably frustrated that so many people still misrepresent intuitionism and fail to take it seriously. But it is making a return, and currently has more proponents than he sometimes seems to suggest. His book should help create some more." However, McNaughton's review was critical of Huemer's phenomenal conservatism and suggested that doxastic conservatism would have been more convincing. Mark Schroeder of the

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reviewed the book in ''

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''. Schroder defended his metaethical perspective, reductive realism, against Huemer's criticisms, noting that one could be a realist while rejecting the dualist metaphysics that underpinned Huemer's analysis. The book was also reviewed by Noah Lemos in ''Mind'', a journal published by

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, in April 2008.

References

{{reflist 2005 non-fiction books Contemporary philosophical literature Ethics books Palgrave Macmillan books Philosophical realism