Rationalist Pragmatism
A Framework for Moral Objectivism
Seiten
2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781793605399 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781793605399 (ISBN)
Ratonalist Pragmatism argues that our interest in truth—our rational nature as practical and theoretical beings—forms us as a community of mutually recognizing truth seekers and creates the possibility of objective moral knowledge.
In Rationalist Pragmatism: A Framework for Moral Objectivism, Mitchell Silver draws from a wide array of philosophical fields to formulate a comprehensive theory of ethics. He argues that an understanding of justification rooted in pragmatism leads to practical principles that apply to all those we would recognize as persons. The account bears implications for the nature of selfhood, the freedom of the will, the meaning of moral terms, the power of moral principles to motivate, conceptions of truth, the nature of value, and the use and abuse of abstract moral theorizing. Rationalist Pragmatism develops its pragmatically informed morality in light of prominent ethical schools, as well as relevant topics in the philosophy of language, metaphysics, and epistemology, including the correspondence theory of truth, inferentialist semantics, motivational internalism, the source of value, and experimental philosophy. Finally, Silver explores concrete moral and political implications of his theory, demonstrating that metaethics can affect positions regarding the morality of personal relations; the treatment of animals; and political assessments of democracy, socialism, and nationalism. Silver maintains that our interest in truth—our rational nature as practical and theoretical beings—forms us as a community of mutually recognizing truth seekers.
In Rationalist Pragmatism: A Framework for Moral Objectivism, Mitchell Silver draws from a wide array of philosophical fields to formulate a comprehensive theory of ethics. He argues that an understanding of justification rooted in pragmatism leads to practical principles that apply to all those we would recognize as persons. The account bears implications for the nature of selfhood, the freedom of the will, the meaning of moral terms, the power of moral principles to motivate, conceptions of truth, the nature of value, and the use and abuse of abstract moral theorizing. Rationalist Pragmatism develops its pragmatically informed morality in light of prominent ethical schools, as well as relevant topics in the philosophy of language, metaphysics, and epistemology, including the correspondence theory of truth, inferentialist semantics, motivational internalism, the source of value, and experimental philosophy. Finally, Silver explores concrete moral and political implications of his theory, demonstrating that metaethics can affect positions regarding the morality of personal relations; the treatment of animals; and political assessments of democracy, socialism, and nationalism. Silver maintains that our interest in truth—our rational nature as practical and theoretical beings—forms us as a community of mutually recognizing truth seekers.
Mitchell Silver teaches at the I Can Academy of the Suffolk County Jail after retiring from the Department of Philosophy of the University of Massachusetts in Boston.
Preface
Introduction: Ideal vs. Non-ideal Moral Theory
Chapter One: The Quest for Justification
Chapter Two: Objectivity and Truth
Chapter Three: Others
Chapter Four: Meaning, Morality, and Social Agreement
Chapter Five: Morality’s Motivational Power
Chapter Six: No Double Standards
Chapter Seven: Our Morality
Chapter Eight: Political Implications
Appendix: Weighing Value
Works Cited
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Philosophy of Language: Connections and Perspectives |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 241 mm |
| Gewicht | 485 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781793605399 / 9781793605399 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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