Moral skepticism : new essays

Author(s)

• Machuca, Diego E.

Bibliographic Information

Moral skepticism : new essays

edited by Diego E. Machuca

（Routledge studies in ethics and moral theory, 42）

Routledge, 2020

• : pbk

Note

"First issued in paperback 2020"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Moral skepticism is at present a vibrant topic of philosophical inquiry. Particularly since the turn of the millennium, the debates between moral skeptics of various stripes and their opponents have gained renewed force not only by taking account of innovative ideas in moral philosophy, but also by drawing on novel positions in epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of language as well as on recent findings in empirical sciences. As a result, new arguments for and against moral skepticism have been devised, while the traditional ones have been reexamined. This collection of original essays will advance the ongoing debates about various forms of moral skepticism by discussing such topics as error theory, disagreement, constructivism, non-naturalism, expressivism, fictionalism, and evolutionary debunking arguments. It will be a valuable resource for academics and advanced students working in metaethics and moral philosophy more generally.

Table of Contents

1. Moral Skepticism: An Introduction and Overview Diego E. Machuca 2. Projection, Indeterminacy and Moral Skepticism Hallvard Lillehammer 3. Error Theory, Relaxation and Inferentialism Christine Tiefensee 4. Why We Really Cannot Believe the Error Theory Bart Streumer 5. Are There Substantive Moral Conceptual Truths? David Copp 6. The Phenomenology of Moral Authority Terry Horgan & Mark Timmons 7. Arguments from Moral Disagreement to Skepticism Richard Joyce 8. Evolutionary Debunking, Realism and Anthropocentric Metasemantics Mark van Roojen 9. Moral Skepticism and the Benacerraf Challenge Folke Tersman 10. Veneer Theory Aaron Zimmerman 11. Moral Skepticism, Fictionalism, and Insulation Diego E. Machuca

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Details

• NCID: BC16059146
• ISBN:
  • 9780367594237
• LCCN: 2017036046
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 243 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BJ320
  • DC23 : 170
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Ethics, Modern -- 21st century
  • LCSH : Skepticism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA44995213