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 intersection of ethical theory and 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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Notes on contributors ; Introduction ; 1. The Significance of Desire ; 2. Fitting Attitudes and Welfare ; 3. The Argument from the Persistence of Moral Disagreement ; 4. Moral Disagreement and Moral Expertise ; 5. Moral Dependence ; 6. Particularism and Supervenience ; 7. Robust Ethical Realism, Non-Naturalism and Normativity ; 8. Constructivism about Reasons ; 9. Rawls and Moral Psychology ; 10. Actions, Acting, and Acting Well ; 11. Hume on Practical Morality and Inert Reason
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The third volume in a new 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 Covers a fascinating spectrum of topics
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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 third volume in a new 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 Covers a fascinating spectrum of topics
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Product details

ISBN
9780199542079
Published
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Weight
422 gr
Height
215 mm
Width
139 mm
Thickness
17 mm
Age
UU, UP, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
334

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Biographical note

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).