Moral Disagreement

Informationen zum Autor Folke Tersman is Professor of Philosophy at Stockholm University. The author of several books, written in Swedish, on moral philosophy, he has contributed articles to Erkenntnis, Sythese, Philosophical Quarterly, Philosophical Studies, and Theoria. Klappentext Folke Tersman explores the nature of moral thinking by examining moral disagreement. Zusammenfassung Folke Tersman explores what we can learn about the nature of moral thinking by examining moral disagreement. He explains how diversity of opinion on moral issues undermines the idea that moral convictions can be objectively valued. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Realism and irrealism; 2. The case for radical moral disagreement; 3. Explaining and predicting disagreement; 4. The argument from inaccessibility; 5. The argument from ambiguity; 6. Attributing moral judgments; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Tersman Folke, Folke Tersman, Folke (Stockholms Universitet) Tersman, Tersman Folke
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.07.2009
• EAN: 9780521115551
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11555-1
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosoph; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy