Moral Thought Outside Moral Theory

This book argues there can be no theory of ethics and that any attempt at such a theory ends up distorting the moral phenomena that it is supposed to explain. It presents clear examples of moral thought outside moral theorising through literature and Wittgenstein's later philosophy.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Moral Thought and Moral Judgement 2. Moral Particularity 3. Moral Concepts and the Limits of Moral Theory 4. Conceptions of Value 5. Imagination and Truth in Moral Thought 6. Impartial versus Public Reasons 7. A Moral Life

About the author

Craig Taylor is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Flinders University. He is the author of Moralism: A Study of a Vice (2012) and Sympathy: A Philosophical Analysis (2002); a co-editor of Hume and The Enlightenment (2011), A Sense for Humanity: The Ethical Thought of Raimond Gaita (2014) and Morality in a Realistic Spirit: Essays for Cora Diamond (2020).

Product details

• Authors: Craig Taylor, Craig (Flinders University Taylor
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032542027
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3254202-7
• No. of pages: 142
• Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Philosophy: aesthetics, Literary studies: general, Ethics and moral philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -