Speech and Morality - On the Metaethical Implications of Speaking

List of contents

• Preface


• 1: Clarke's Insight


• 2: A Normative Theory of Speech


• 3: The Moral Dimensions of Speech


• 4: Against the Mixed View: Part I


• 5: Against the Mixed View: Part II


• 6: Three Antirealist Views


• 7: Epistemic Implications


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Terence Cuneo is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Vermont. In addition to having published a wide array of essays in the foundations of ethics, the history of philosophy, and the philosophy of religion, Cuneo's books include The Normative Web: An Argument for Moral Realism (OUP, 2007), which was awarded Honorable Mention, American Philosophical Association Biennial Book Prize 2007-2009, Foundations of Ethics (edited with Russ Shafer-Landau; Blackwell, 2007), and The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Reid (edited with René van Woudenberg; CUP, 2004).

Summary

Terence Cuneo presents a new argument for moral realism. According to the normative theory of speech, speech acts are generated by an agent's altering her normative position with regard to her audience. In doing so she takes on rights and responsibilities, some of which are moral and objective: these are a necessary condition of speech.

Product details

• Authors: Terence Cuneo, Terence (University of Vermont) Cuneo, Cuneo Terence
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.10.2018
• EAN: 9780198823254
• ISBN: 978-0-19-882325-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy