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Sextus Posted 21 years ago
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Semi-colon or period?
"Julia Annas has affirmed that the kind of modern moral skepticism which denies the existence of objective moral values is essentially ‘local’; this means that it rests on a contrast between morality and some other view of the world that is itself immune to skepticism. Richard Bett, on the contrary, has maintained that being non-skeptical about some view of the world is not an indispensable condition for rejecting moral realism."
I have already posted this paragraph, but now I doubt whether I should use a period instead of a semi-colon in the first sentence?
Thanks,
Sextus
I have already posted this paragraph, but now I doubt whether I should use a period instead of a semi-colon in the first sentence?
Thanks,
Sextus
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Sextus "Julia Annas has affirmed that the kind of modern moral skepticism which denies the existence of objective moral values is essentially ‘local’; this means that it rests on a contrast between morality and some other view of the world that is itself immune to skepticism. " I have already posted this paragraph, but now I doubt whether I should use a period instead of a semi-colon in the first sentence? the two points of view are expressed in their own sentences.
- Sextus "Julia Annas has affirmed that the kind of modern moral skepticism which denies the existence of objective moral values is essentially ‘local’; this means that it rests on a contrast between morality and some other view of the world that is itself immune to skepticism.
- " I have already posted this paragraph, but now I doubt whether I should use a period instead of a semi-colon in the first sentence?
- the two points of view are expressed in their own sentences.
- ]
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Sextus"Julia Annas has affirmed that the kind of modern moral skepticism which denies the existence of objective moral values is essentially ‘local’; this means that it rests on a contrast between morality and some other view of the world that is itself immune to skepticism. Richard Bett, on the contrary, has maintained that being non-skeptical about some view of the worl
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Sounds very familiar! Thanks.
By the way, is it clear that "it" (in "This means that it is based upon...") refers back to "the kind of modern moral skepticism which denies..."?
Sextus
By the way, is it clear that "it" (in "This means that it is based upon...") refers back to "the kind of modern moral skepticism which denies..."?
Sextus
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Would you consider this?--
As to the kind of modern moral skepticism which denies the existence of objective moral values, Julia Annas has affirmed that it is essentially ‘local’, a term which suggests that such skepticism rests on a contrast between morality and some other view of the world that is itself immune to skepticism.
As to the kind of modern moral skepticism which denies the existence of objective moral values, Julia Annas has affirmed that it is essentially ‘local’, a term which suggests that such skepticism rests on a contrast between morality and some other view of the world that is itself immune to skepticism.
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Hi Davkett,
It's a very nice version. The only thing I'm not comfortable with is "suggests". "Means" is more exact, though I don't know if it sounds ok here.
Sextus
It's a very nice version. The only thing I'm not comfortable with is "suggests". "Means" is more exact, though I don't know if it sounds ok here.
Sextus
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DavkettWould you consider this?--
As to the kind of modern moral skepticism which denies the existence of objective moral values, Julia Annas has affirmed that it is essentially ‘local’, a term which suggests that such skepticism rests on a contrast between morality and some other view of the world that is itself immune to skep
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I would definitely not begin a paragraph on a new topic with either as to or as for. Thus, you would not want to use my revision.
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So... I might use "as regards". Or perhaps with this expression I would have the same problem. If this is the case, I could just leave the paragraph as it was... In any case, I could still replace "it" by your suggestion "such skepticism".
Sextus
Sextus
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I suppose this might be possible:
Julia Annas, in discussing the kind of modern moral skepticism which denies the existence of objective moral values, has affirmed that it is essentially ‘local’, a term she uses to express the idea that such skepticism rests on a contrast between morality and some other view of the world that is itself immune to skepticism.
Julia Annas, in discussing the kind of modern moral skepticism which denies the existence of objective moral values, has affirmed that it is essentially ‘local’, a term she uses to express the idea that such skepticism rests on a contrast between morality and some other view of the world that is itself immune to skepticism.
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