Ethical Intuitionism

2005
ISBN: 978-0-230-57374-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 309 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

A defence of ethical intuitionism where (i) there are objective moral truths; (ii) we know these through an immediate, intellectual awareness, or 'intuition'; and (iii) knowing them gives us reasons to act independent of our desires. The author rebuts the major objections to this theory and shows the difficulties in alternative theories of ethics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Huemer, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Introduction PART I: ALTERNATIVE METAETHICAL THEORIES Non-Cognitivism Subjectivism Reductionism PART II: ETHICAL INTUITITIONISM Moral Knowledge Disagreement and Error Practical Reasons Further Objections Conclusion Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Huemer is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, where he has worked since 1998. He is the author of Skepticism and the Veil of Perception and Ethical Intuitionism, as well as more than 40 articles in ethics, epistemology, political philosophy, and metaphysics.