Facts, Values, and Norms

Essays toward a Morality of Consequence

AvPeter Railton

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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In our everyday lives we struggle with the notions of why we do what we do and the need to assign values to our actions. Somehow, it seems possible through experience and life to gain knowledge and understanding of such matters. Yet once we start delving deeper into the concepts that underwrite these domains of thought and actions, we face a philosophical disappointment. In contrast to the world of facts, values and morality seem insecure, uncomfortably situated, easily influenced by illusion or ideology. How can we apply this same objectivity and accuracy to the spheres of value and morality? In the essays included in this collection, Peter Railton shows how a fairly sober, naturalistically informed view of the world might nonetheless incorporate objective values and moral knowledge. This book will be of interest to professionals and students working in philosophy and ethics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-03-17
Mått:158 x 236 x 32 mm
Vikt:669 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
Antal sidor:410
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521416979

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Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion

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'This is a book the serious ethicist should not be without, and I particularly recommend it for those interested in metaethics.' Milltown Studies

Innehållsförteckning

Part I. Realism about Value and Morality: 1. Moral realism; 2. Facts and values; 3. Noncognitivism about rationality; 4. Aesthetic value, moral value, and the ambitions of naturalism; 5. Red, bitter, good; Part II. Normative Moral Theory: 6. Alienation, consequentialism, and the demands of morality; 7. Locke, stock, and peril; 8. How thinking about character and utilitarianism might lead to rethinking the character of utilitarianism; 9. Pluralism, dilemma, and the expression of moral conflict; Part III. The Authority of Ethics and Values - The Problem of Normativity: 10. On the hypothetical and non-hypothetical in reasoning about thought and action; 11. Normative force and normative freedom; 12. Morality, ideology, and reflection; or, the duck sits yet.