Is Moral Realism True? | Lance Bush and Eric Sampson

If you'd like to support the series and get early access (plus other perks), you can join on Patreon or become a paid Substack subscriber: https://www.patreon.com/join/Friction https://fric.substack.com/subscribe My links: https://linktr.ee/frictionphilosophy. Lance Bush and Eric Sampson come by to talk about moral semantics, metaethics, and moral realism. https://www.lancesbush.com/ http://www.erictsampson.com/ 00:00 - Introduction 02:11 - Statement of positions 06:49 - Moral semantics 17:23 - Default position 22:29 - Understanding stance-independent realism 34:37 - Argument for realism 42:56 - Intuitions 48:59 - Argument against realism 59:17 - Ethical epistemology 1:03:56 - Clarifying the concepts 1:15:59 - Desires vs. moral facts 1:18:01 - Arguing for unintelligibility 1:21:44 - Normative ethics 1:23:31 - Relevance of motivations 1:26:06 - Supervenience 1:27:51 - Defining moral reasons 1:35:59 - Moral vs. non-moral reasons 1:38:41 - Defeaters for anti-realism 1:45:14 - Hypothetical vs. categorical norms 1:46:51 - Closing remarks 1:52:26 - Conclusion