Abstract
Meta‐ethics is a domain which thrives on the cross‐fertilization of ideas, and meta‐ethicists are often quick to look to other subjects such as mathematics, logic and science for companions in guilt and innocence. However, they do not normally reflect on this ‘looking’; this book does. It turns a rigorous analytical spotlight on the style of argument it calls ‘companions in guilt’ (CIG). This is a wholly worthwhile endeavour, and the book is a useful contribution to meta‐ethics. Lillehammer tasks himself with giving a detailed consideration of a selection of CIG arguments which relate to ethical objectivity. He is aware that there are probably earlier arguments which could be fairly labelled ‘CIG’ and that there are lots of other CIG arguments which could be very fruitfully investigated, e.g., within history, law and epistemology; however, he leaves all this to one side. He is concerned with a selection of post‐1970 CIG arguments.
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