David Enoch and Mark Schroeder

David Enoch (left) and Mark Schroeder (right) on moral realism.

Enoch and Schroeder are moral realists of different kinds: Schroeder defends a form of naturalist reductionism, while Enoch defends a form of Moorean non-naturalism. In this conversation, they compare their two brands of realism, discuss their shared opposition to error theories and expressivism, and address a few of the standard objections to realism. Then (at 53:40) they reveal their answers to a question that should be disturbing to any realist: If it turns out that realism is false, what would you believe instead?

Related works

by Enoch:

TOC and chapter abstracts from Taking Morality Seriously: A Defense of Robust Realism (forthcoming)

“The Epistemological Challenge to Metanormative Realism” (2009)

“An Outline of an Argument for Robust Metanormative Realism” (2007)

by Schroeder:

with Johannes Schmitt: “Supervenience Arguments Under Relaxed Assumptions” (forthcoming)

Slaves of the Passions (2008)

“Realism and Reduction: the Quest for Robustness” (2005)

More video:

Jamie Dreier and Mark Schroeder (PTV)

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