Russ Shafer-Landau

Foundations of Ethics

An Anthology
Herausgeber: Shafer-Landau, Russ; Cuneo, Terence

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Produktbeschreibung

Covers all of the major issues in metaethics including moral metaphysics, epistemology, moral psychology, and philosophy of language. Provides an unrivaled offering of primary sources and expert commentary for students of ethical theory. Includes essays by renowned ethicists such as G.E.

Produktdetails

• Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies
• Verlag: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 516
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 876g
• ISBN-13: 9781405129527
• ISBN-10: 1405129522
• Artikelnr.: 21356471

Autorenporträt

RUSS SHAFER-LANDAU is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin. He is the author of Whatever Happened to Good and Evil? (2003) and Moral Realism: A Defence (2005). He is the editor of Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Volume 1 (2006) and Ethical Theory: An Anthology (Blackwell, 2007). TERENCE CUNEO is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College. He works primarily in the areas of ethics and the history of philosophy. He is co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Reid (with René van Woudenberg, 2004), editor of Religion in the Liberal Polity (2005), and author of The Normative Web: An Argument for Moral Realism (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Moral Ontology:.

Moral Error Theories.

Expressivism.

Constructivism.

Sensibility Theories.

Moral Realism.

Part II: Problems in Metaethics:.

Moral Motivation.

Moral Reasons.

Moral Explanations.

Moral Disagreement.

Moral Knowledge.

Moral Supervenience.

Semantic Puzzles

Rezensionen

"This comprehensive and authoritative collection embracesmany of the most influential texts, and all the centralcontemporary approaches to the nature of morality. It will be anessential resource for any philosophy student wanting to understandthat area, which in effect means any philosophy student atall." Simon Blackburn, CambridgeUniversity

"An enormously effective anthology, Foundations ofEthics contains well-chosen, important papers in metaethics aswell as helpful introductory essays by the editors. A highlycommendable work!" David Copp, University ofFlorida

"Shafer-Landau and Cuneo have assembled an excellent mixof old and new influences, featuring authors who bring out theexcitement in their fields. With 38 essays, Foundations ofEthics allows for considerable flexibility and provides ahighly useful introduction to metaethics." Philip Clark,University of Toronto

"The rationale of this particular work, Foundations ofEthics, is to identify some of the best writing on meta-ethics- what makes ethics ethics - and bring it together inone convenient volume for students, lecturer, and other interestedparties. This makes this work...of value to the academiclibrary and to courses where ethics and meta-ethics are seriouslystudied. It is a work for early on in such courses as well as formore seasoned readers to check back on to be sure of the facts andarguments...The arrangement and editorial plan is excellent,making this a thoroughly worth-while book to buy." LibraryReview

"The selection is challenging yet accessible to readers withsome background in ethics...This comprehensive collection isindispensable to anyone wishing to be conversant with the majortraditions in the field." Choice