The Best Argument for Moral Anti-Realism

Why it lays eggs in my nightmares

My favourite thing about university is the philosophy conferences: five times a week or thereabouts, philosophers come to Oxford to present their latest work, and—if they’re lucky—have it flame-grilled by Timothy Williamson, who roams from talk to talk, dropping the decisive objection to each one.

Oddly, almost no undergraduates go to these talks. I go …