ABSTRACT

In this chapter, I apply a particular interpretation of Wittgenstein’s thought in On Certainty , namely heterogeneous foundationalism, to the area of morality. In doing so, I aim to clarify the nature of moral bedrock and the relations between moral bedrock and situated moral reasoning, reasoning which depends on the foundations for transcendental rather than justificatory support. I argue that seeing moral foundations in this way, and seeing ungrounded doubts as silly and ignorable, is how we resist sceptical regress arguments directed against moral claims.