Jim Fetzer, Ph.D. Evaluating Moral Theories* ABSTRACT: False beliefs about right and wrong are boundless, where students would benefit from learning that there are objective criteria on the basis of which they can be evaluating, leading to rational conclusions about the nature of morality. The classic Hempelian Criteria of Adequacy for evaluating scientific theories has a parallel by means of counterpart Criteria of Adequacy for evaluating moral theories. Counterpart Criteria are introduced here, where their analytical significance has been exemplified in relation to eight theories of morality, four of which…
