This paper addresses the issue of how the ceteris paribus principles of morality lie. I discuss a recent attempt by Margaret Little and Mark Lance to cash out ceteris paribus principles of morality in terms of “nature” and “privileged conditions”. I argue that when the ceteris paribus principles of morality are so cashed out, they cannot be plausibly claimed to be true.
Key words: Margaret Little, Mark Lance, particularism, defeasibility, ceteris paribus.
