Ethics, Persuasion and Truth

J. J. C. Smart (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

170 Seiten

2022
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-50856-2 (ISBN)

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Originally published in 1984, deals with meta-ethics – that is the semantics and pragmatics of ethical language. This book eschews the notions of meaning and analyticity on which meta-ethics normally depends. It discusses questions of free will and responsibility and the relations between ethics on the one hand and science and metaphysics on the other. The author regards ethics as concerned with deciding what to do and with persuading others – not with exploring a supposed realm of ethical fact.

J. J. C. Smart was Professor of Philosophy at the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University

1. Introduction 2. Interlude On the Naturalistic Fallacy 3. Why Moral Language? 4. Considerations About the Semantics of ‘Ought’ 5. Goodness 6. Ethics, Truth and Fact 7. ‘Ought’, ‘Can’, Free Will and Responsibility 8. Ethics, Science and Metaphysics

Erscheinungsdatum	19.05.2022
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Library Editions: Ethics
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	258 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
ISBN-10	0-367-50856-7 / 0367508567
ISBN-13	978-0-367-50856-2 / 9780367508562
Zustand	Neuware