I have a question for the philosophers, ethicists, and adjacent people reading this.
Suppose you discovered that all of the people you most ethically admire in the world shared the same metaethical view.
Would you take this as a reason, even a small one, in favor of that metaethical view?
If yes, would you take this to be an *epistemic* reason?
I admit I can't sort out for myself what to think about this, and don't know of any work on it.
#philosophy #ethics #metaethics #academia
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