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The Debates Between Reductionism and Non-reductionism in Ethical Naturalism

Yang Song

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There are two schools in ethical naturalism: reductionism and non-reductionism.As each side’s representative respectively,Harman and Sturgeon launched the lasting arguments which focus on moral property’s explanation strength,the moral epiphenomenalism and program explanation.These two schools are of great importance in ethical naturalism.So,it is useful for deepening the naturalism ethics research to explore their theories.

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There are two schools in ethical naturalism: reductionism and non-reductionism.As each side’s representative respectively,Harman and Sturgeon launched the lasting arguments which focus on moral property’s explanation strength,the moral epiphenomenalism and program explanation.These two schools are of great importance in ethical naturalism.So,it is useful for deepening the naturalism ethics research to explore their theories.

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There are two schools in ethical naturalism: reductionism and non-reductionism.As each side’s representative respectively,Harman and Sturgeon launched the lasting arguments which focus on moral property’s explanation strength,the moral epiphenomenalism and program explanation.These two schools are of great importance in ethical naturalism.So,it is useful for deepening the naturalism ethics research to explore their theories.

Key concepts: Reductionism, Naturalism, Epistemology, Philosophy, Focus (optics), Sociology, Physics, Optics

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