amoralist

NOUN
  1. someone who adheres to the doctrine that ordinary moral distinctions are invalid
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  • If so, simple emotivism of the sort described is refuted because the sincerity conditions for making the judgment require the motivation not present in the amoralist. Boys in White Suits
  • When you understand what amoralism entails, you will see that there is no point in reasoning with an amoralist.
  • Other responses to the amoralist are available consistent with non-cognitivism. Boys in White Suits
  • However, the results also tended to be amoralistic - with little concern for traditional issues of personal morality or social ethics. Futuristguy
  • Some people think that evolutionary theory involves an attack on morals; what they really mean is that what they hear about evolutionary theory has a strong felt resemblance to an amoralistic worldview. Wisdom from Maurice Blondel; and the Analogical Leap
  • The sort of self-interested challenge that Mill identifies at the beginning (III 1) is usually part of an amoralist challenge to the authority of other-regarding morality. Mill's Moral and Political Philosophy
  • More complex versions of non-cognitivism can make the connection with actual motivation looser and thereby withstand the amoralist challenge. Boys in White Suits
  • If you think atheists are all miserable, nihilistic amoralists, this book should put you straight.
  • Ah, the sledgehammer irony of the truly depraved wingnut amoralist. Me and Bella.
  • I could be an atheist and an amoralist, but I still calculate that doing business with a churchgoer is to my advantage. Trust Cues, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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