ABSTRACT

Given moral semantic relativism and the theories of reference that apply to moral concepts, among other reasons, I contend that certain different groups have moral concepts with different referents. Such groups would be talking past each other and about different things in moral discussions. I then argue that since there is such an incommensurability of moral concepts which leads to differences in truth conditions, it is possible that two people who appear to disagree with each other on a moral matter may both be correct relative to their own group. Moral relativism is true based on new premises that include data from new experimental philosophy studies. I then defend this novel contention and moral relativism from a variety of objections.