Irrealism in Ethics

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-83741-2
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 132 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 204 g

Reihe: Ratio Special Issues

Irrealism in Ethics presents a collection of six original essays contributed by prominent moral philosophers that address various forms of the philosophical position of ethical irrealism.

- Addresses various forms of the philosophical position of ethical irrealism
- Presents arguments both for and against the two major versions of ethical irrealism—the error theory and expressivism
- Offers innovative new arguments on topics relating to ethical irrealism
- Features original contributions from internationally prominent moral philosophers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Streumer, Bart

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Erkenntnistheorie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on Contributors vii

1 Irrealism and the Genealogy of Morals 1
Richard Joyce

2 A Distinction Without a Difference? Good Advice for Moral Error Theorists 23
Hallvard Lillehammer

3 Ethics Without Errors 41
James Lenman

4 Faultless Moral Disagreement 61
Alison Hills

5 Revolutionary Expressivism 79
Sebastian Köhler and Michael Ridge

6 Do Normative Judgements Aim to Represent the World? 101
Bart Streumer

Index 121

Über Autor(innen)

Bart Streumer is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands. He is currently writing a book-length defence of an error theory about all normative judgments.