I exploit parallel considerations in the philosophy of mind and metaethics to argue that the reasoning employed in an important argument for panpsychism overgeneralizes to support an analogous position in metaethics: panmoralism. Next, I raise a number of problems for panmoralism and thereby build a case for taking the metaethical parallel to be a reductio ad absurdum of the argument for panpsychism. Finally, I contrast panmoralism with a position recently defended by Einar Duenger Bohn and argue that the two suffer from similar problems. I conclude by drawing some general lessons for panpsychism.
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Univ Toronto, St Michaels Hosp, Div Nephrol, 61 Queen St East,9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5C 2T2, CanadaUniv Toronto, St Michaels Hosp, Div Nephrol, 61 Queen St East,9th Floor, Toronto, ON M5C 2T2, Canada