Moral Realism And The Foundations Of Ethics
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Moral Realism and the Foundations of Ethics
Author | : David Owen Brink |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 394 |
Release | : 1989-02-24 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0521359376 |
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A systematic analysis considers the objectivity of ethics, the relationship between the moral point of view and a scientific or naturalist worldview and its role in a person's rational lifespan.
Moral Realism and the Foundations of Ethics
Author | : David Owen Brink |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1989-02-24 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0521350808 |
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This book is a systematic and constructive treatment of a number of traditional issues at the foundations of ethics. These issues concern the objectivity of ethics, the possibility and nature of moral knowledge, the relationship between the moral point of view and a scientific or naturalist world-view, the nature of moral value and obligation, and the role of morality in a person's rational lifeplan. In striking contrast to traditional and more recent work in the field, David Brink offers an integrated defense of the objectivity of ethics.
Morality Without Foundations
Author | : Mark Timmons |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 2004-11-18 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780195176544 |
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Timmons defends an original metaethical view that exploits certain contextualist themes in philosophy of language and epistemology. He advances a view that employs semantic contextualism when engaging in moral discourse.
Moral Realism
Author | : Russ Shafer-Landau |
Publsiher | : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2003-06-19 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780191531866 |
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Moral Realism is a systematic defence of the idea that there are objective moral standards. In the tradition of Plato and G. E. Moore, Russ Shafer-Landau argues that there are moral principles that are true independently of what anyone, anywhere, happens to think of them. These principles are a fundamental aspect of reality, just as much as those that govern mathematics or the natural world. They may be true regardless of our ability to grasp them, and their truth is not a matter of their being ratified from any ideal standpoint, nor of being the object of actual or hypothetical consensus, nor of being an expression of our rational nature. Shafer-Landau accepts Plato's and Moore's contention that moral truths are sui generis. He rejects the currently popular efforts to conceive of ethics as a kind of science, and insists that moral truths and properties occupy a distinctive area in our ontology. Unlike scientific truths, the fundamental moral principles are knowable a priori. And unlike mathematical truths, they are essentially normative: intrinsically action-guiding, and supplying a justification for all who follow their counsel. Moral Realism is the first comprehensive treatise defending non-naturalistic moral realism in over a generation. It ranges over all of the central issues in contemporary metaethics, and will be an important source of discussion for philosophers and their students interested in issues concerning the foundations of ethics.
Foundations for Moral Relativism
Author | : J. David Velleman |
Publsiher | : Open Book Publishers |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 2015-11-23 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9781783740321 |
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In this new edition of Foundations for Moral Relativism a distinguished moral philosopher tames a bugbear of current debate about cultural difference. J. David Velleman shows that different communities can indeed be subject to incompatible moralities, because their local mores are rationally binding. At the same time, he explains why the mores of different communities, even when incompatible, are still variations on the same moral themes. The book thus maps out a universe of many moral worlds without, as Velleman puts it, "moral black holes”. The six self-standing chapters discuss such diverse topics as online avatars and virtual worlds, lying in Russian and truth-telling in Quechua, the pleasure of solitude and the fear of absurdity. Accessibly written, this book presupposes no prior training in philosophy.
Essays on Moral Realism
Author | : Geoffrey Sayre-McCord |
Publsiher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0801495415 |
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This collection of influential essays illustrates the range, depth, and importance of moral realism, the fundamental issues it raises, and the problems it faces.
Real Ethics
Author | : John M. Rist |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 310 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0521006082 |
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This 2001 book is a powerful defence of an ethical theory based on a revised version of Platonic realism.
Moral Realism
Author | : Russ Shafer-Landau |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press on Demand |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2003-06-19 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9780199259755 |
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Moral Realism is a systematic defence of the idea that there are objective moral standards. In the tradition of Plato and G. E. Moore, Russ Shafer-Landau argues that there are moral principles that are true independently of what anyone, anywhere, happens to think of them. These principles are a fundamental aspect of reality, just as much as those that govern mathematics or the natural world. They may be true regardless of our ability to grasp them, and their truth is not a matter of their being ratified from any ideal standpoint, nor of being the object of actual or hypothetical consensus, nor of being an expression of our rational nature. Shafer-Landau accepts Plato's and Moore's contention that moral truths are sui generis. He rejects the currently popular efforts to conceive of ethics as a kind of science, and insists that moral truths and properties occupy a distinctive area in our ontology. Unlike scientific truths, the fundamental moral principles are knowable a priori. And unlike mathematical truths, they are essentially normative: intrinsically action-guiding, and supplying a justification for all who follow their counsel. Moral Realism is the first comprehensive treatise defending non-naturalistic moral realism in over a generation. It ranges over all of the central issues in contemporary metaethics, and will be an important source of discussion for philosophers and their students interested in issues concerning the foundations of ethics.