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Objectivism, Subjectivism, and Relativism in Ethics
Volume 25
Part 1
£32.99
Part of Social Philosophy and Policy
- Editors:
- Ellen Frankel Paul, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
- Fred Miller, Jr, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
- Jeffrey Paul, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
- Date Published: June 2008
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- isbn: 9780521719636
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Do we desire things because they are good, or are they good because we desire them? Objectivists answer that we desire things because they are good; subjectivists answer that things are good because we desire them. Further, does it make sense to account for moral disagreement by claiming, as the moral relativist does, that something might be good for one person but not for another? Some essays in this book consider whether objective moral truths can be grounded in an understanding of the nature of human beings as rational and social animals. Some discuss the ethical theories of historical figures - Aristotle, Aquinas, or Kant - or offer critical assessments of the work of recent and contemporary theorists - such as Moore, Putnam, Ayn Rand, Philippa Foot, and Rosalind Hursthouse. Other essays ask whether moral principles and values can be constructed through a process of practical reasoning or deliberation.
Read more- Looks from both a subjectivist and objectivist point of view
- Discusses a broad range of ethical theories from Aristotle and Aquinas to Rand and Putnam
- Features a prominent list of contributors
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- Date Published: June 2008
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521719636
- length: 442 pages
- dimensions: 226 x 150 x 23 mm
- weight: 0.59kg
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Table of Contents
1. Substantive moral theory Philip Pettit
2. Virtue and nature Christopher W. Gowans
3. The importance of metaphysical realism for ethical knowledge Douglas B. Rasmussen
4. Why moral judgments can be objective Tibor R. Machan
5. The importance of the subject in objective morality: distinguishing objective from intrinsic value Tara Smith
6. Evaluative concepts and objective values: Rand on moral objectivity Darryl F. Wright
7. Aristotelian constructivism Mark LeBar
8. Moral construction as a task: sources and limits Thomas E. Hill, Jr.
9. Constructing normative objectivity in ethics David B. Wong
10. What does moral phenomenology tell us about moral objectivity? Terry Horgan and Mark Timmons
11. Imaginative resistance and psychological necessity Julia Driver
12. Objectivism and relational good Connie S. Rosati
13. Foundations in Aquinas's ethics Scott MacDonald
14. Revisionary intuitionism Michael Huemer
15. Moral objectivity Nicholas Rescher.Editors
Ellen Frankel Paul, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
Ellen Frankel Paul received her doctorate from the Government Department at Harvard University in 1976. She has served as a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and as a member of the political science departments at Miami University and the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is currently Professor of Political Science at Bowling Green State University.Fred Miller, Jr, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
Fred D. Miller, Jr. received a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Washington. Since 1972 he has been a member of the Department of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. He has had research fellowships at Harvard University, the Institute for Research in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Princeton University, Jesus College at Oxford University, and at the Centre for Philosophy and Public Affairs at the University of St Andrews.Jeffrey Paul, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
Jeffrey Paul is Professor of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University. He received his doctorate in philosophy at Brandeis University in 1984. He has also taught philosophy at Northern Kentucky University and at the University of Cincinnati. In 1981 he was Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.Contributors
Philip Pettit, Christopher W. Gowans, Douglas B. Rasmussen, Tibor R. Machan, Tara Smith, Darryl F. Wright, Mark LeBar, Thomas E. Hill, Jr, David B. Wong, Terry Horgan, Mark Timmons, Julia Driver, Connie S. Rosati, Scott MacDonald, Michael Huemer, Nicholas Rescher
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