Moral Knowledge

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-46281-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 368 g

Reihe: Routledge Library Editions: Ethics

Originally published in 1988, this book discusses if moral knowledge exists, and if so, if it is similar to other forms of knowledge. This book approaches the issues from both historical and contemporary perspectives and in order to determine whether there is a real property of rightness, looks to the ethical theories of Hobbes, Hume and Kant. This historical analysis leads to a systematic comparison of three theories of the nature of ethics: realism, emotivism and coherentism. The nature of coherence is explained using legal reasoning as a model. Moral reasoning is compared and contrasted with reasoning both in science and law, showing how ethics differs from science and empirical disciplines.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goldman, Alan H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction A: Knowledge B: Moral Knowledge C: Some Distinctions among Questions and Answers 1. Hobbes: Subjective Realism and Prudential Rationality 2. Hume: Subjectivism, Relational Properties and Utility 3. Kant: Objective Rationality and Obligation 4. Realism, Emotivism, Coherentism 5. Coherence, Moral Reasoning and Knowledge.

Über Autor(innen)

Kathryn Pyne Addelson held the Mary Huggins Gamble Chair in Philosophy at Smith College.