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Moral Epistemology: Content And Method. What Is Moral Epistemology?; Socrates, Gettier, And The Definition Of Knowledge; The Standard Method: Levels Of Inquiry; Theories Of Moral Knowledge: And Overview -- Moral Disagreement. Disagreement And Skepticism; Moral Contextualism -- Moral Nihilism. Moral Skepticism Characterized; The Death Of God; Mackie's Queerness; Motives Internalism; Reasons Internalism -- The Skeptic And The Intuitionist. The Pyrrhonian Problematic; Non-inferential Moral Knowledge -- Deductive Moral Knowledge. On Deducting Ought From Is; In Search Of An Epistemologically Value Of Our Deduction -- Abductive Moral Knowledge. Moral Inference To The Best Explanation -- The Reliability Of Our Moral Judgments. Acquiring Moral Concepts And Exercising Objectivity -- Epilogue: Challenges To Moral Epistemology. Frege, Moore, And The Definition Of Immorality; Common-sense Objections To Non-cognitivism; The Frege-geach Problems: Semantics V. Pragmatics; Non-cognitivist Forms Of Validity. Aaron Zimmerman. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [219]-240) And Index.
This book investigates the foundational question of how moral knowledge is acquired, justified, and maintained within the framework of contemporary analytic philosophy. Aaron Z. Zimmerman provides a rigorous examination of the mechanisms behind moral judgment, drawing upon classical philosophical problems and modern epistemological theories. The text systematically evaluates whether moral beliefs can be considered knowledge or if they are subject to the limitations of skepticism, nihilism, and relativism.
What You Will Find
Experts identify this work as a structured, academic introduction to the field of moral epistemology suitable for advanced students and researchers. Readers frequently note the density of the prose and the author's precise engagement with canonical philosophical debates.
Page Count:
246
Publication Date:
2010-01-01
Publisher:
Routledge
ISBN-10:
0415485533
ISBN-13:
9780203850862
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