Moral Realism and the Foundations of Ethics

Klappentext This book is a systematic and constructive treatment of a number of traditional issues at the foundation of ethics. Zusammenfassung This book is a systematic and constructive treatment of a number of traditional issues at the foundation of ethics! the possibility and nature of moral knowledge! the relationship between the moral point of view and a scientific or naturalistic world view! the nature of moral value and obligation! and the role of morality in a person's rational life plan. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Moral realism and moral inquiry; 3. Externalist moral realism; 4. Does moral realsim matter?; 5. A coherentist moral epistemology; 6. Moral realism and the is/ought thesis; 7. Posteriori objections to moral realism; 8. Objective utilitarianism; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: David O. Brink, David Owen Brink, Brink David Owen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.02.1989
• EAN: 9780521350808
• ISBN: 978-0-521-35080-8
• No. of pages: 356
• Series: Studies in Natural Language Pr
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works