ISBN:
9780190068257
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (600 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Oxford handbooks
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als The Oxford handbook of moral realism
DDC:
170
Keywords:
Moral realism
;
Moral realism
;
Philosophy
;
Ethics & moral philosophy
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Moralischer Realismus
;
Ethischer Naturalismus
Abstract:
"Morality seems to play a special role in human life distinct from conventional norms, like those of etiquette, or simple preferences based on subjective tastes. There are various theories of the foundations of morality, some of which treat morality as "subjective" in an important way. "Moral realism" is however a family of theories that take morality to have an objective factual basis, such that morality is not "up to us" and is not "under our control". The contributions in the volume explore the central ideas and themes constituting moral realism and defend particular views about it"--
DOI:
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190068226.001.0001
