Dimensions of Moral Theory

An Introduction to Metaethics and Moral Psychology

Jonathan Jacobs (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2002
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-631-22963-6 (ISBN)

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Examines presuppositions and philosophical commitments that support and shape moral theories. This book discusses topics belonging to 'metaethics', the study of moral concepts, language, and thought rather than a study of moral issues themselves. It brings to light various philosophical problems raised by moral theorizing.

Jonathan Jacobs is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Colgate University. He is author of Practical Realism and Moral Psychology (1995), A Philosopher's Compass (2001), and Choosing Character: Responsibility for Virtue and Vice (2001).

Preface. Acknowledgments.

1. Objectivity and Subjectivity.

Interpretations of Objectivity.

Monism and Pluralism.

This Way to Subjectivism.

Subjectivity and Sentiment.

Subjectivism and Skepticism.

Relativism.

Where Now?.

Questions for Discussion and Reflection.

Thinkers and Their Works and Further Reading.

Notes.

2. Moral Theory and Moral Psychology.

Moral Motivation.

Virtue and Motivation.

Self-interest and Morality.

What about Luck?.

Are Moral Considerations Overriding?.

Where Now?.

Questions for Discussion and Reflection.

Thinkers and Their Works and Further Reading.

Notes.

3. Forms of Moral Theory.

Consequentialism.

Kantian Non-consequentialism.

Intuitionist Non-consequentialism.

The Virtue-centered Approach.

Contractarianism.

Theories, Duties, and Metaethics.

Where Now?.

Questions for Discussion and Reflection.

Thinkers and Their Works and Further Reading.

Notes.

4. Naturalism and Non-naturalism.

Naturalism.

The Modern Debate about Naturalism.

Reconstructed Naturalism.

Non-cognitivist Alternatives.

Hume and Naturalism.

Reconnecting Facts and Values.

Aristotle and Naturalism.

Moral Facts and Explanation.

What About God?.

Where Now?.

Questions for Discussion and Reflection.

Thinkers and Their Works and Further Reading.

Notes.

Conclusion.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.7.2002
Verlagsort	Hoboken
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 236 mm
Gewicht	390 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-631-22963-9 / 0631229639
ISBN-13	978-0-631-22963-6 / 9780631229636
Zustand	Neuware