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If anyone does ask ‘What are moral statements like?’, I should think one ought to begin by giving examples of them. But often writers on ethics do not do this. You mention ‘Honesty is good.’ I cannot remember ever hearing anyone say this, unless it be in a philosophical discussion. And I cannot imagine just the circumstances under which anyone would say it. I remember once when someone did say very seriously, ‘Well, thanks for the honesty; that’s much better than philosophy.’ But of course, if you consider an example of this sort the question whether the goodness is a quality like redness would hardly arise.
Letter to H.O. Mounce dated 29.9.62.
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Phillips, D.Z. (1999). ‘What are Moral Statements Like?’. In: Phillips, D.Z. (eds) Moral Questions. Swansea Studies in Philosophy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230598690_7
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