Oxford Studies in Metaethics is the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field. Its broad purview includes work being done at the intersections of ethical theory with metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. The essays included in the series provide an excellent basis for understanding recent developments in the field; those who would like to acquaint themselves with the current state of play in metaethics would do well to start here.
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Oxford Studies in Metaethics is the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field.
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List of Contributors ; Introduction ; 1. From Thought to Action ; 2. Cognitivism about Practical Rationality ; 3. Vindicating Practical Norms: Metasemantic Strategies ; 4. Debunking Evolutionary Debunking ; 5. No Coincidence? ; 6. Moral Skepticism and Moral Disagreement in Nietzsche ; 7. Moral Vagueness: A Dilemma for Non-Naturalism ; 8. Relax? Don't Do It! Why Moral Realism Won't Come Cheap ; 9. Wrong Kinds of Reason and the Opacity of Normative Force ; Index
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The ninth volume in an annual series The latest and most exciting research in one of philosophy's hottest fields Features important new work by big names in the field Edited by an internationally respected ethicist
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Russ Shafer-Landau is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Moral Realism: A Defence (OUP 2003), which received an honourable mention for the 2005 APA Book Prize, and Whatever Happened to Good and Evil? (OUP 2004).
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The ninth volume in an annual series The latest and most exciting research in one of philosophy's hottest fields Features important new work by big names in the field Edited by an internationally respected ethicist
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Product details

ISBN
9780198709299
Published
2014
Publisher
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Weight
460 gr
Height
224 mm
Width
149 mm
Thickness
23 mm
Age
U, P, 05, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
272

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Russ Shafer-Landau is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Moral Realism: A Defence (OUP 2003), which received an honourable mention for the 2005 APA Book Prize, and Whatever Happened to Good and Evil? (OUP 2004).