Facts, Values, and Norms: Essays toward a Morality of Consequence - Couverture rigide

Railton, Peter

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521416973 ISBN 13 : 9780521416979

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

In this collection, Peter Railton shows how a naturalistic view of the world might incorporate objective values and moral knowledge.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In our everyday lives we struggle with the notions of why we do what we do and the need to assign values to our actions. Somehow, it seems possible through experience and life to gain knowledge and understanding of such matters. Yet once we start delving deeper into the concepts that underwrite these domains of thought and actions, we face a philosophical disappointment. In contrast to the world of facts, values and morality seem insecure, uncomfortably situated, easily influenced by illusion or ideology. How can we apply this same objectivity and accuracy to the spheres of value and morality? In the essays included in this collection, Peter Railton shows how a fairly sober, naturalistically informed view of the world might nonetheless incorporate objective values and moral knowledge. This book will be of interest to professionals and students working in philosophy and ethics.

Revue de presse

'This is a book the serious ethicist should not be without, and I particularly recommend it for those interested in metaethics.' Milltown Studies

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521416973
• ISBN 13: 9780521416979
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 410
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italie