Philosophy Colloquium: Moral Vagueness in Virtue Ethics vs Modern Moral Theories: Epistemic, Semantic, or Metaphysical?

Professor Sean Walsh from the University of Minnesota, Duluth will be presenting on the Virtue Ethics of Aristotle and Confucius have been called too vague to determine right/wrong. I will argue that modern moral theories are also quite vague, and may fare worse on various accounts of vagueness. I also argue that ethical vagueness reveals a major flaw in epistemic accounts of vagueness, since it entails a kind of moral relativism in virtually all major moral theories (e.g., Kant Aristotle and Mill).

Contact Information: Program Assistant for the Philosophy department, Brandon Marsh, 415-422-6543 or at bmarsh@usfca.edu