Metaethics from a first person standpoint : an introduction to moral philosophy
This book addresses in a novel format the major topics and themes of contemporary metaethics, the study of the analysis of moral thought and judgement. Metathetics is less concerned with what practices are right or wrong than with what we mean by right and wrong. Looking at a wide spectrum of topics...
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| Materyal Türü: | Livre numérique |
| Dil: | Anglais |
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Cambridge :
Open Book Publishers
2017.
Marseille : OpenEdition |
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| Online Erişim: | Ressource accessible en libre accès Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM ; Accès complet au document dans sa version HTML. Pas d'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub). |
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Description d'après la consultation, 2018-01-16 Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 122 pages OpenEdition Books (freemium) |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • Metaethics from a First Person Standpoint, Texte imprimé, Cambridge, Open Book Publishers, 2016 |
| Özet: | This book addresses in a novel format the major topics and themes of contemporary metaethics, the study of the analysis of moral thought and judgement. Metathetics is less concerned with what practices are right or wrong than with what we mean by right and wrong. Looking at a wide spectrum of topics including moral language, realism and anti-realism, reasons and motives, relativism, and moral progress, this book engages students and general readers in order to enhance their understanding of morality and moral discourse as cultural practices. Catherine Wilson innovatively employs a first-person narrator to report step-by-step an individual s reflections, beginning from a position of radical scepticism, on the possibility of objective moral knowledge. The reader is invited to follow along with this reasoning, and to challenge or agree with each major point. Incrementally, the narrator is led to certain definite conclusions about oughts and norms in connection with self-interest, prudence, social norms, and finally morality. Scepticism is overcome, and the narrator arrives at a good understanding of how moral knowledge and moral progress are possible, though frequently long in coming. Accessibly written, Metaethics from a First Person Standpoint presupposes no prior training in philosophy and is a must-read for philosophers, students and general readers interested in gaining a better understanding of morality as a personal philosophical quest |
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| Diğer Bilgileri: | Description d'après la consultation, 2018-01-16 Titre provenant de la page de titre du document électronique La pagination de l'édition imprimée correspondante est de : 122 pages OpenEdition Books (freemium) |
| Materyal Türü: | Navigateur Web |
| Bibliyografya: | Notes Bibliogr. |
| ISBN: | 9782821881693 |
| Erişim: | L'accès complet au document est ouvert à tous dans sa version HTML. L'accès aux autres formats (PDF, Epub ) est réservé aux usagers des établissements qui en ont fait l'acquisition. |