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, 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. In striking contrast to many traditional authors and to other recent writers in the field, David Brink offers an integrated defense of the objectivity 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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David O. Brink, David Owen Brink, Brink David Owen
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 24.02.1989
• EAN: 9780521350808
• ISBN: 978-0-521-35080-8
• Pagine: 356
• Serie: Studies in Natural Language Pr; Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy