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What Is This Thing Called Metaethics
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Author : Matthew Chrisman
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2023-06-20
What Is This Thing Called Metaethics written by Matthew Chrisman and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-20 with Philosophy categories.
What makes something morally right? Where do our ethical standards come from? Are they relative to cultures or timeless and universal? Are there any objective moral facts? What is goodness? If there are moral facts, how do we learn about them? What do we mean when we say someone ought to do something? These are all questions in metaethics, the branch of ethics that investigates the status of morality, the nature of ethical value, the possibility of ethical knowledge, and the meaning of ethical statements. To the uninitiated it can appear abstract and far removed from its two more concrete cousins, ethical theory and applied ethics, yet it is one of the fastest-growing and most exciting areas of ethics. What is this thing called Metaethics? demystifies this important subject and is ideal for students coming to it for the first time. Beginning with a brief overview of metaethics and the development of a "conceptual toolkit," Matthew Chrisman introduces and assesses the following key topics: ethical reality: including questions about naturalism and non-naturalism, moral facts, and the distinction between realism and antirealism ethical language: does language represent reality? What mental states are expressed by moral statements? moral psychology: the theory of motivation and the connection between moral judgement and motivation moral knowledge: intuitionist and coherentist moral epistemologies, and theories of objectivity and relativism in metaethics prominent metaethical theories: naturalism, nonnaturalism, error-theory, and expressivism new directions in metaethics, including non-traditional theories, thick ethical concepts, and extensions to metaepistemology and metanormative theory The Second Edition has been completely revised and updated throughout. This includes a new thematic organization of the core chapters, many new examples, a newly written final chapter including discussion of thick ethical concepts and all-things-considered normativity, updated references to recent scholarly literature, improved learning resources, an expanded glossary of terms, and much more. Additional features such as chapter summaries, questions of understanding, and suggestions for further reading make What is this thing called Metaethics? an ideal introduction to metaethics.
What Is This Thing Called Metaethics
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Author : Matthew Chrisman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-11-10
What Is This Thing Called Metaethics written by Matthew Chrisman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-10 with Philosophy categories.
Are moral standards relative to cultures? Are there any moral facts? What is goodness? If there are moral facts how do we learn about them? These are all questions in metaethics, the branch of ethics that investigates the status of morality, the nature of ethical facts, and the meaning of ethical statements. To the uninitiated it can appear abstract and far removed from its two more concrete cousins, ethical theory and applied ethics, yet it is one of the fastest-growing and most exciting areas of ethics. What is this thing called Metaethics? demystifies this important subject and is ideal for students coming to it for the first time. Beginning with a brief historical overview of metaethics and the development of a "conceptual toolkit," Matthew Chrisman introduces and assesses the following key topics: • ethical reality: including questions about naturalism and non-naturalism, moral facts, and the distinction between realism and antirealism • ethical language: does language represent reality? What mental states are expressed by moral statements? • ethical psychology: the Humean theory of motivation and the connection between moral judgement and motivation • ethical knowledge: intuitionist and coherentist moral epistemologies, and theories of objectivity and relativism in metaethics • new directions in metaethics, including non-traditional theories and extensions to metaepistemology and metanormative theory. Additional features such as chapter summaries, questions of understanding, and a glossary make this an ideal introduction to metaethics.
On The Relevance Of Metaethics
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Author : Jocelyne Couture
language : en
Publisher: Calgary : University of Calgary Press
Release Date : 1996
On The Relevance Of Metaethics written by Jocelyne Couture and has been published by Calgary : University of Calgary Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Philosophy categories.
In this collection of original essays on metaethics, the nature of morality, and the structure of moral reasoning are characterized, the limits of justification in ethics are examined, and the underlying rationale of moral philosophy is probed. Around mid-century metaethics held centre stage in discussions of moral philosophy in Anglo-American and Scandinavian philosophical environments. During the 1970s, its "foundational" position was challenged by developments within analytic philosophy itself by a renewal of systematic substantive ethics largely, but not exclusively, of a Rawlsian inspiration and by a reinvigorated interest in substantive moral problems on the part of philosophers. However, as work went on here, philosophers encountered problems concerning the methods of moral reasoning and the structure of justification of moral claims that were recognized to be metaethical. This led to a renewal of metaethics now freed from its previously narrow linguistic focus and aprioristic restrictions. The essays in this volume contribute both to this renewal and to a continued skeptical probing of the very rationale of moral philosophy.
Crossing Boundaries
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Author : George William Barnard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002
Crossing Boundaries written by George William Barnard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Music categories.
The contemporary study of religion has witnessed a consistent interest in and concern about the relationship between the unitive, ascetic, and ecstatic tendencies of mystical traditions and the more mundane but ethically pressing realms of society, custom, and civilized life. The present volume explores such issues anew through a series of original essays on the mystical traditions themselves (from Kabbalah to Chinese religion) and on some of the most pressing theoretical issues and theorists (from Bergson to Schuon) of the twentieth-century study of religion.
Arguing About Metaethics
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Author : Andrew Fisher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Arguing About Metaethics written by Andrew Fisher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Philosophy categories.
A contemporary collection of readings in metaethics, this work discusses whether moral properties exist and how they fit into the world as science conceives it. It is useful for the study of metaethics at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Suffering Presence
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Author : Stanley Hauerwas
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Suffering Presence written by Stanley Hauerwas and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Medical categories.
This work examines contemporary views on medical ethics, such as preventing death, defining family relations, and reproductive and disabled issues.
New Studies In The Philosophy Of John Dewey
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Author : Steven M. Cahn
language : en
Publisher: University of Vermont Press
Release Date : 1977
New Studies In The Philosophy Of John Dewey written by Steven M. Cahn and has been published by University of Vermont Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Education categories.
Meta Ethics
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Author : Michael Smith
language : en
Publisher: Dartmouth Publishing Company
Release Date : 1995
Meta Ethics written by Michael Smith and has been published by Dartmouth Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Philosophy categories.
This work on meta-ethics goes beyond normative ethical issues to ask questions about the claims we make when we engage in normative ethics. For example, the claim that we should all be honest is normative: meta-ethics asks what does the 'should' in this claim really signify?.
Oxford Studies In Metaethics
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Author : Russ Shafer-Landau
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Oxford Studies In Metaethics written by Russ Shafer-Landau and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Ethics categories.
The Encyclopedia Of Philosophy
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Author : Paul Edwards
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
The Encyclopedia Of Philosophy written by Paul Edwards and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Philosophy categories.