On Moral Certainty, Justification and Practice - A Wittgensteinian Perspective

Informationen zum Autor Julia Hermann is a researcher at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Her current project concerns the meta-ethical implications of evolutionary explanations of morality. She has previously been a lecturer in social philosophy at Maastricht University. Hermann has published on Wittgenstein, Ryle, moral learning and moral normativity. Klappentext Taking inspiration from the later Wittgenstein, On Moral Certainty, Justification and Practice explores the practical basis of human morality. It offers an account of moral certainty, which it links with a view of moral competence. Drawing on everyday examples, it is shown how morality is grounded in action, not in reasoning. Zusammenfassung Taking inspiration from the later Wittgenstein! On Moral Certainty! Justification and Practice explores the practical basis of human morality. It offers an account of moral certainty! which it links with a view of moral competence. Drawing on everyday examples! it is shown how morality is grounded in action! not in reasoning. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Introduction 2. Basic Concepts 3. Certainty 4. Moral Justification 5. Moral Certainty 6. Moral Competence 7. Objections 8. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

List of contents

Preface 1. Introduction 2. Basic Concepts 3. Certainty 4. Moral Justification 5. Moral Certainty 6. Moral Competence 7. Objections 8. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: J Hermann, J. Hermann, Julia Hermann
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.06.2015
• EAN: 9781137447173
• ISBN: 978-1-137-44717-3
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > 20th and 21st centuries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; B, Philosophy of Language, Ethics, Ethics & moral philosophy, Modern philosophy: since c 1800, Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Language and languages—Philosophy, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Moral Philosophy, Modern Philosophy, Analysis (Philosophy), Analytic Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy