Moral Discourse and Practice

"An outstanding text for a graduate-level course on contemporary metaethics. A collection such as this has been needed for some time now and will quickly replace the bulky course-packs that (up to now) professors have had to assemble on their own."--Jordan J. Lindberg, Central Michigan University"An excellent collection, with a very helpful introductory essay by the editors. [The] book as a whole is challenging."--Carol Tauer, College of St. Catherine"Nice selection of topics and author."--O. A. Robinson, Central Methodist College"Excellent selections that span theories and a nice theoretical overview of ethical studies."--Emily Dial-Driver, Rogers University"A first rate and wide-ranging collection of classic contemporary writings in metaethics, introduced by an essay that nicely puts the whole thing in context."--Mark van Roojen, University of Nebraska-Lincoln"Almost ideal. Includes most all of the main articles I want to assign in an upper-level metaethics class."--James Dreier, Brown University"This text would fit in well with my senior ethics seminar readings because it presents an array of interesting metaethical issues."--William Hannaford, Champlain College"An excellent selection--extremely useful for upper-level courses on moral theory."--Troy Jollimore, California State University, Chico

• I. INTRODUCTION 1.: Darwall, Gibbard, Railton: Toward Fin de Siecle Ethics: Some Trends II. PROBLEMS 2.: G. E. Moore: From Principia Ethica 3.: Ludwig Wittgenstein: Lecture on Ethics 4.: Charles Stevenson: The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms 5.: Gilbert Harman: Ethics and Observation 6.: J. L. Mackie: From Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong III. METAETHICS A. Realism 7.: Richard Boyd: How to be a Moral Realist 8.: Peter Railton: Moral Realism B. ANTIREALISM 9.: Simon Blackburn: How to Be an Ethical Anti-Realist 10.: Allan Gibbard: Wise Choices, Apt Feelings C. SENSIBILITY THEORIES 11.: John McDowell: Value and Secondary Qualities 12.: John McDowell: Projection and Truth in Ethics D. CONSTRUCTIVISM 14.: John Rawls: Kantian Constructivism in Moral Theory 15.: T. M. Scanlon: Contractualism and Utilitarianism 16.: Jurgen Habermas: Discourse Ethics: Notes on a Program of Philosophical Justification IV. REASONS, MOTIVES, AND THE DEMANDS OF MORALITY 17.: Stephen Darwall: Reasons, Motives, and the Demands of Morality: An Introduction 18.: Philippa Foot: Morality as a System of Hypothetical Imperatives 19.: Thomas Nagel: From The Possibility of Altruism 20.: David Gauthier: From Morals By Agreement 21.: Bernard Williams: Internal and External Reasons 22.: Christine Korsgaard: Skepticism About Practical Reason 23.: Christine Korsgaard: The Sources of Normativity Bibliography