Moral realism

✍ Scribed by Kevin Michael DeLapp

Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 209
Series: Bloomsbury ethics
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Values in a disenchanted world
1.1 Disenchantment
1.2 Meta-metaethics
1.3 Re-enchantment
1.4 Summary
Chapter 2 The definition of realism
2.1 “Mind-independence”
2.2 Moral truth(s)
2.3 Cognitivism: Giving realists something to talk about
2.4 Summary
Chapter 3 The metaphysics of realism
3.1 Re-opening the open question argument
3.2 Moral supervenience
3.3 The “nature” of ethical naturalism
3.4 Where in the world are moral properties?
3.5 Summary
Chapter 4 The anthropologyof realism
4.1 Cultural differences and relativism
4.2 Interpreting disagreement
4.3 Metaethical pluralism
4.4 Summary
Chapter 5 The psychology of realism
5.1 Moral motivation and the possibility of sociopaths
5.2 Justification and reasons for action
5.3 Realism and the retributive emotions
5.4 Summary
Chapter 6 The epistemology of realism
6.1 Explanatory power and moral observation
6.2 The conditions of epistemic justification
6.3 Ethical intuitionism
6.4 Moral perception
6.5 Summary
Chapter 7 The applications of realism
7.1 Moral dilemmas and tragedy
7.2 The paradox of toleration
7.3 A pluralistic realist account of human rights
7.4 Summary
Glossary
Notes
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Bibliography
Index

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