Moral Realism and the Foundations of Ethics

Author: Brink, David Owen

Brand: Cambridge University Press

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 340

Release Date: 01-03-1989

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This book is a systematic and constructive treatment of a number of traditional issues at the foundation of ethics, the possibility and nature of moral knowledge, the relationship between the moral point of view and a scientific or naturalistic world view, the nature of moral value and obligation, and the role of morality in a person's rational life plan. In striking contrast to many traditional authors and to other recent writers in the field, David Brink offers an integrated defense of the objectivity of ethics.
Review
'I hope and expect that publication will considerably advance the subject of moral philosophy by leading to a much higher level of discussion of the main issues.' Gilbert Harman, Princeton University
Book Description
This book is a systematic and constructive treatment of a number of traditional issues at the foundation of ethics.
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This book is a systematic and constructive treatment of a number of traditional issues at the foundation of ethics. These issues concern the objectivity of ethics, the possibility and nature of moral knowledge, the relationship between the moral point of view and a scientific or naturalistic world view, the nature of moral value and obligation, and the role of morality in a person's rational life plan.

EAN: 9780521359375

Package Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English