Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Many struggle with the seemingly inconsistent & slippery nature of morality - do moral facts exist? What are they? How can we verify them? Pragmatists sidestep many of these issues by bailing on the whole "truth" thing and asking instead: what *works?*

(Many thanks to Liz, Dev, and The Best Discussion crew!)



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- Links for the Curious -


Pragmatic Ethics, by Hugh LaFolette - hughlafollette.com/papers/pragmati.htm




On Truth, by Simon Blackbutn - smile.amazon.com/Truth-Simon-Blackburn/dp/0190867213

SEP: The Pragmatic Theory of Truth - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/truth-pragmatic/

SEP: Pragmatism - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pragmatism/

SEP: Metaethics - https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/metaethics/

63. Metaethics - Moral Realism & Anti-Realism - youtube.com/watch?v=krOBdYnWKNk

159. Theories of Truth, Part 1 - youtube.com/watch?v=lgDAQw3XJzE

181. Issues of Utilitarian Ethics - youtube.com/watch?v=QA2JwEhJss8