Moral Knowledge New Readings

"[Moral Knowledge] is superb. All the collected essays are of high quality, and the anthology can make an ideal text for advanced courses in moral theory. Many ethics teachers will be be grateful. [Sinnott-Armstrong's] essay is a gem."--T. K. Seung, The University of Texas at Austin"Very useful text. All the core readings arranged topically to facilitate a content-organized course."--Andrew Pessin, Kenyon College"This is a very interesting collection of viewpoints regarding moral epistemology that illustrates the current issues and arguments."--Carl Wellman, Washington University"A mature and thoroughgoing treatment of the epistemic status of normative propositions. To date I have not seen a better treatment of meta-ethical issues."--S.N. Fratantaro, Providence College

• Preface Walter Sinnott-Armstrong: Moral Skepticism and Justification Peter Railton: Moral Realism: Prospects and Problems Simon Blackburn: Securing the Nots: Moral Epistemology for the Quasi-Realist Robert Audi: Intuitionism, Pluralism, and the Foundations of Ethics Geoffrey Sayre-McCord: The Fundamental Appeal of Coherence in Moral Theory R.M. Hare: Foundationalism and Coherentism in Ethics Richard B. Brandt: Science as a Basis for Moral Theory Christopher W. Morris: A Contractarian Account of Moral Justification David Copp: Moral Knowledge in a Society-Centered Moral Theory Margaret Urban Walker: Feminist Skepticism, Authority, and Transparency Mark Timmons: Outline of a Contextualist Moral Epistemology Mitchell R. Haney: An Annotated Bibliography on Moral Epistemology