Moral Epistemology

ISBN-13: 9780415485548 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 256 str.

Aaron Zimmerman

Opis

How do we know right from wrong? Do we even have moral knowledge? Moral epistemology studies these and related questions about our understanding of virtue and vice. This title covers such key topics as what is moral epistemology and what are its methods.

Spis treści

Preface  1. Moral Epistemology: Content and Method  2. Moral Disagreement  3. Moral Nihilism  4. The Skeptic and the Intuitionist  5. Deductive Moral Knowledge  6. Abductive Moral Knowledge  7. The Reliability of our Moral Jjudgments  8. Epilogue: Challenges to Moral Epistemology.  Glossary.  Notes.  Bibliography.  Index

O autorze

Aaron Zimmerman is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University California, Santa Barbara. His research is focused on the intersection between thought, language and reason and he writes and teaches on David Hume's philosophical work.