Facts, values, and norms: essays toward a morality of consequence
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1. Verfasser: Railton, Peter Albert (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, U.K. Cambridge University Press 2003
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge studies in philosophy
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Moral realism -- Facts and values -- Noncognitivism about rationality -- Aesthetic value, moral value, and the ambitions of naturalism -- Red, bitter, good -- Alienation, consequentialism, and the demands of morality -- Locke, stock, and peril -- How thinking about character and utilitarianism might lead to rethinking the character of utilitarianism -- Pluralism, dilemma, and the expression of moral conflict -- On the hypothetical and non-hypothetical in reasoning about thought and action -- Normative force and normative freedom -- Morality, ideology, and reflection, or, the duck sits yet
In contrast to facts, values and morality seem insecure, influenced by illusion or ideology. How can we apply this same objectivity and accuracy to values and morality? In this collection, Peter Railton shows how a fairly sober, naturalistically informed view of the world might incorporate objective values and moral knowledge
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ISBN:0511059086
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