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The disappearance of moral knowledge /

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"Based on an unfinished manuscript by the late philosopher Dallas Willard, this book makes the case that the 20th century saw a massive shift in Western beliefs and attitudes concerning the possibility of moral knowledge, such that knowledge of the moral life and of its conduct is no longer rou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Willard, Dallas, 1935-2013 (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2018.
Subjects:
Ethics, Modern > 20th century.
Civilization, Western > 20th century.
Ethics, Modern.
Morale > 20e siècle.
Civilisation occidentale > 20e siècle.
PHILOSOPHY > Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY > Social.
Ethics, Modern
Civilization, Western
Christian ethics
Ethics
Knowledge, Theory of
Philosophy
Philosophy and religion
Theology
Twentieth century
1900-1999
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Moral knowledge disappears
  • A "science of ethics"?
  • G.E. Moore: from science of ethics to nihilism
  • Emotivism: the erasure of moral knowledge
  • A rational form of noncognitivism? "Rational necessity relocated"
  • A consensus of rational people: social constructionism in Rawls
  • Practices, traditions, and narratives: social constructionism in MacIntyre
  • Prospects for a return of moral knowledge.