Moral Realism is a systematic defence of the idea that there are
objective moral standards. In the tradition of Plato and G. E. Moore,
Russ Shafer-Landau argues that there are moral principles that are
true independently of what anyone, anywhere, happens to think of them.
These principles are a fundamental aspect of reality, just as much as
those that govern mathematics or the natural world. They may be true
regardless of our ability to grasp them, and their truth is not a
matter of their being ratified from any ideal standpoint, nor of being
the object of actual or hypothetical consensus, nor of being an
expression of our rational nature. Shafer-Landau accepts Plato's and
Moore's contention that moral truths are sui generis. He rejects the
currently popular efforts to conceive of ethics as a kind of science,
and insists that moral truths and properties occupy a distinctive area
in our ontology. Unlike scientific truths, the fundamental moral
principles are knowable a priori. And unlike mathematical truths, they
are essentially normative: intrinsically action-guiding, and supplying
a justification for all who follow their counsel. Moral Realism is the
first comprehensive treatise defending non-naturalistic moral realism
in over a generation. It ranges over all of the central issues in
contemporary metaethics, and will be an important source of discussion
for philosophers and their students interested in issues concerning
the foundations of ethics.
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ISBN
9780191531866
Publisert
2020
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Clarendon Press
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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