Moral Knowledge: Volume 18, Part 2

Klappentext This volume discusses the nature of moral knowledge and whether it exists. Zusammenfassung Essays in this volume address some questions involved in the search for moral knowledge. Questions include: upon what facts can morality be founded? Is morality objective or subjective? The essays also address the belief that moral utterances are expressions of feelings rather than claims known to be true or false? Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Realist-expressivism: a neglected option for moral realism David Copp; 2. Thinking about cases Shelly Kagan; 3. But I could be wrong George Sher; 4. Moral facts and best explanations Brian Leiter; 5. Two sources of morality Philip Pettit; 6. 'Because I Want It' Stephen Darwall; 7. Realism, naturalism, and moral semantics David O. Brink; 8. Incomplete routes to moral objectivity: four variants of naturalism David Sidorsky; 9. Explanation, internalism, and reasons for action David Sobel; 10. Moral knowledge as practical knowledge Julia Annas; 11. Practical reason and moral psychology in Aristotle and Kant James Bernard Murphy; 12. Hypothetical consent in Kantian constructivism Thomas E. Hill, Jr.; 13. Mill's 'proof' of the principle of utility: a more than half-hearted defense Geoffrey Sayre-McCord.

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• Authors: Ellen Frankel Paul, Ellen Frankel Miller Paul, Jeffery Paul
• Assisted by: Fred D. Miller (Editor), Fred Dycus Miller (Editor), Fred Dycus Jr. Miller (Editor), Fred D. Miller Jr (Editor), Ellen Frankel Paul (Editor), Jeffrey Paul (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.08.2001
• EAN: 9780521006033
• ISBN: 978-0-521-00603-3
• No. of pages: 388
• Series: Social Philosophy and Policy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works