Meta-ethics
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Meta-ethics
(The international research library of philosophy, 12 . The Philosophy of value)
Dartmouth, c1995
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Collected essays from English-language essays
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This work on meta-ethics goes beyond normative ethical issues to ask questions about the claims we make when we engage in normative ethics. For example, the claim that "we should all be honest" is normative: meta-ethics asks "what does the 'should' in this claim really signify?".
Table of Contents
Part 1 Are the moral judgements we make judgements about a matter of fact?. Part 2 Is the way things are morally entailed by the way things are non-morally? Part 3 are moral claims made true or false by facts about our reasons for action? Part 4 What is the relationship between morality and facts about agreements? Part 5 Are moral claims made true or false by facts about the responses of moral agents? Part 6 Are moral claims made true or false by facts about the role of morality in explanation? Part 7 How do we come by moral knowledge? Part 8 An overview of meta-ethics.
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