Ethical Theory 1

The Question of Objectivity
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
ISBN: 978-0-19-875192-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 135 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 313 g

The aim of this series is to bring together important recent writings in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a variety of sources, mostly periodicals, which may not be conveniently available to the university student or the general reader. The editor of each volume contributes an introductory essay on the items chosen and on the questions with which they deal. A selective bibliography is appended as a guide to further reading.

Ethical Theory 1: The Question of Objectivity deals with the question of objectivity in ethics and the viability of moral realism, focusing on what moral judgments mean, whether morality can be objective, and whether there are any such things as moral facts. It includes a clearly written, substantial, and critical introduction guiding the beginner through the intricacies of the subject.

Ethical Theory Volumes 1 and 2 together provide an overview of contemporary moral philosophy, reprinting classic and contemporary articles, many of which are not otherwise readily available.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rachels, James

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Introduction

- 1: Bertrand Russell: Science and Ethics

- 2: G. E. Moore: The Conception of Intrinsic Value

- 3: Charles L. Stevenson: The Nature of Ethical Disagreement

- 4: R. M. Hare: A Moral Argument

- 5: John Searle: How to Derive Ought from Is

- 6: J. L. Mackie: The Subjectivity of Values

- 7: Gilbert Harman: Ethics and Observation

- 8: Thomas Nagel: Value

- 9: David Wiggins: Truth, Invention, and the Meaning of Life

- 10: Bernard Williams: Ethics and the Fabric of the World

- 11: Nicholas Sturgeon: Moral Explanations

- 12: John McDowell: Values and Secondary Qualities

- 13: Jonathan Dancy: Two Conceptions of Moral Realism

- Notes on the Contibutors

- Select Bibliography

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

James Rachels is University Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is the author of Moral Problems (1990), Created for Animals: The Moral Implications of Darwinism (1991), and The Elements of Moral Philosophy (1993).