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Practical expressivism : a metaethical theory /

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"Morality is a human institution that can be adequately understood as a naturalistically explicable coordination device, whereby human beings work towards, sustain, and refine mutually beneficial patterns of action and reaction. This morality owes nothing to an ethical reality that exists outsi...

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Main Author: Sinclair, Neil (Assistant professor of philosophy) (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Expressivism (Ethics)
Metaethics.
Ethics
Émotivisme.
Métaéthique.
Metaethics
Ètica.
Metaètica.
Electronic books.
Llibres electrònics.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The subject matter of metaethics
  • Practical expressivism, morality's function, and moral attitudes
  • Practical expressivism, expression, and quasi-realism
  • Moral disagreement and reason-giving
  • The Frege-Geach problem
  • Subsentential metasemantics
  • Truth, truth-aptness, and belief
  • Mind-independent moral truths and categorical moral reasons
  • Practical expressivist strategies and presumptive arguments for realism.