Moral Knowledge

ISBN-13: 9780367462741 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 236 str.

Alan H. Goldman

Opis

Originally published in 1988, this book discusses if moral knowledge exists, and if so, if it is similar to other forms of knowledge. This book approaches the issues from both historical and contemporary perspectives and looks to the ethical theories of Hobbes, Hume and Kant.

Spis treści

Introduction A: Knowledge B: Moral Knowledge C: Some Distinctions among Questions and Answers 1. Hobbes: Subjective Realism and Prudential Rationality 2. Hume: Subjectivism, Relational Properties and Utility 3. Kant: Objective Rationality and Obligation 4. Realism, Emotivism, Coherentism 5. Coherence, Moral Reasoning and Knowledge.

O autorze

Kathryn Pyne Addelson held the Mary Huggins Gamble Chair in Philosophy at Smith College.