Might All Normativity be Queer?

Abstract

Here I discuss the conceptual structure and core semantic commitments of reason thought and discourse needed to underwrite the claim that ethical normativity is not uniquely queer. This deflates a primary source of ethical scepticism and it vindicates so-called partner in crime arguments. When it comes to queerness objections, all reason-implicating normative claims— including those concerning Humean reasons to pursue one’s ends, and epistemic reasons to form true beliefs—stand or fall together. Might All Normativity Be Queer? I.