Elements of Moral Cognition

Informationen zum Autor John Mikhail is Associate Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center. Klappentext John Mikhail explores whether moral psychology is usefully modelled on aspects of Universal Grammar. Zusammenfassung This book explores whether the science of moral cognition is usefully modelled on aspects of Noam Chomsky's theory of Universal Grammar. Just as Chomsky argued that human beings are born with innate knowledge of grammar! so Mikhail suggests that humans might possess innate moral knowledge! and how this question can be investigated. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Theory: 1. The question presented; 2. A new framework for the theory of moral cognition; 3. The basic elements of Rawls' linguistic analogy; Part II. Empirical Adequacy: 4. The problem of descriptive adequacy; 5. The moral grammar hypothesis; 6. Moral grammar and intuitive jurisprudence: a formal model; Part III. Objections and Replies: 7. R. M. Hare and the distinction between empirical and normative adequacy; 8. Thomas Nagel and the competence-performance distinction; 9. Ronald Dworkin and the distinction between I-morality and E-morality; Part IV. Conclusion: 10. Toward a universal moral grammar.

Product details

• Authors: John Mikhail, Mikhail John
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2011
• EAN: 9780521855785
• ISBN: 978-0-521-85578-5
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 235 mm x 34 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Logic, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophy: logic