Ethical naturalism and the problem of normativity /
Ethical realists hold that there are ethical facts that are the truth-makers of ethical beliefs - facts facts that are similar in all metaphysically & epistemologically important respects to biological, psychological, & physical ones. Ethical realism faces a variety of objections, but the mo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Ethical realists hold that there are ethical facts that are the truth-makers of ethical beliefs - facts facts that are similar in all metaphysically & epistemologically important respects to biological, psychological, & physical ones. Ethical realism faces a variety of objections, but the most important is its purported inability to account for the normativity of the ethical facts that it postulates. Some philosophers think that the normativity objection poses an especially acute challenge to ethical naturalism because of its view that the ethical properties & facts are natural ones. David Copp aims to explain the naturalist's position, why it is important, & why we might find it plausible despite the objections it faces. He argues that, in fact, ethical naturalism is better positioned to answer the normativity objection, & to explain the nature of normativity, than its alternatives. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197601617 0197601618 9780197601600 019760160X 0197601596 9780197601594 |