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What is this thing called metaethics / Matthew Chrisman.
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Chrisman, Matthew
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English
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London ; New York : Routledge, 2017.
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xxiv, 152 pages ; 26 cm.
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BJ37 .C47 2017
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What is this thing called?
Summary note
Are moral standards relative? Are there moral facts? What is goodness? If there moral facts are how do we learn about them? These are all questions about metaethics, the branch of ethics that studies ethical properties, statements, attitudes and judgements. To the uninitiated it can appear abstract and far removed from its two more brash cousins, ethical theory and applied ethics, yet it is one of the fastest-growing and most exciting areas of ethics. What is this thing called Metaethics? demystifies this important subject and is ideal for students coming to it for the first time. Beginning with a brief historical overview of metaethics Matthew Chrisman introduces and assesses the following key topics: moral reality: including questions about naturalism and non-naturalism, moral facts, and the distinction between realism and antirealism; moral language: does language represent reality? What mental states are expressed by moral statements? moral psychology: Hume's theory of motivation and the connection between moral judgement and motivation; moral knowledge: including moral disagreement, the distinction between internalist and externalist theories of knowledge, and theories of objectivity and relativism in metaethics; nonnaturalism; expressivism; error-theory; naturalism; contemporary theories and arguments in metaethics, including Derek Parfit, Simon Blackburn, John McDowell, Christine Korsgaard and Alan Gibbard; new directions in metaethics, such as 'metaepistemology' and 'metanormative theory'.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Four key issues
Questions About Ethics and Metaphysics
Questions About Ethics and Epistemology
Questions About Ethics and Philosophy of Language
Questions About Ethics and Philosophy of Mind
Conclusion
Chapter Summary
Study Questions
Further Resources
Answers to Questions of Understanding
Works Cited
Notes
2.Nonnaturalism
A More Precise Characterization
The Case for Nonnaturalism
Arguments Against Nonnaturalism
Note
3.Expressivism
Arguments In Favor of Expressivism
Versions and Objections
4.Error theory & fictionalism
Mackie's Arguments for Error Theory
Objections and Replies
Versions of Fictionalism
Note continued: Chapter Summary
5.Naturalism
Neo-Aristotelian Naturalism
Relativism As A Form of Naturalism
A Posteriori Naturalism
A Priori Network Naturalism
6.Summary & chart
The Four Main Areas
Costs and Benefits
7.Theories that are hard to classify in traditional terms
Beliefs Or Desires
Why Not A Bit of Both?
Ethical Facts
Why Do They Have to Be "Out There"?
Pragmatism
8.Outstanding issues
From Metaethics to Metanormative Theory
Note continued: From Metaethics to Metaepistemology
Works Cited.
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ISBN
9781138827608 ((hardback))
1138827606 ((hardback))
9781138827622 ((pbk.))
1138827622 ((pbk.))
LCCN
2016021160
OCLC
949987523
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