Week 2: The value of moral testimony

Key readings

• Alison Hills (2009) Moral testimony and moral epistemology. Ethics 120, 94-127.
• Paulina Sliwa (2012) In defense of moral testimony. Philosophical Studies 158, 175-195.

Further reading

• Robert Howell (2014) Google morals, virtue, and the asymmetry of deference. Nous 48, 389-415.
• Sarah McGrath (2009) The puzzle of pure moral deference. Philosophical Perspectives 23, 321-344.
• Robert Hopkins (2007) What is wrong with moral testimony? Philosophy & Phenomenological Research 74, 611-634.
• Karen Jones (1999) Second-hand moral knowledge. Journal of Philosophy 96, 55-78.
• Philip Nickel (2001) Moral testimony and its authority. Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 4, 253-266.