Introduction

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Sharon Street argues that there is a Darwinian Dilemma for metaethical realists. She argues that if realists hold both that there are mind-independent evaluative facts and that evolutionary forces have had a significant influence on the content of our evaluative judgements then they are faced with two options: either there is no connection between the forces of evolution and the evaluative facts (the 1st horn), or there is a connection (the 2nd horn). She argues that both of these horns are destructive, and lead to the unacceptable conclusion that most of our evaluative judgements are false. As such, the Dilemma purports to show that the realist, from within their own point of view, is committed to normative scepticism.