Moral Thought Outside Moral Theory

ISBN-13: 9781032542010 / Twarda / 2023 / 136 str.

Australia) Taylor Craig (Flinders University

Opis

This book argues there can be no theory of ethics and that any attempt at such a theory ends up distorting the moral phenomena that it is supposed to explain. It presents clear examples of moral thought outside moral theorising through literature and Wittgenstein’s later philosophy.

Recenzje

"This is a tremendously interesting, bold, ambitious, and original contribution to contemporary ethics."

Sophie Grace Chappell, Open University, UK

"This wonderful book is always in touch with the real complexities of moral life. The personal character of moral responsiveness is brought out sharply by Taylor in insightful case studies of literary works. The book is a truly important contribution to philosophical ethics: to what it can be."

Cora Diamond, University of Virginia, USA

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Moral Thought and Moral Judgement  2. Moral Particularity  3. Moral Concepts and the Limits of Moral Theory  4. Conceptions of Value  5. Imagination and Truth in Moral Thought  6. Impartial versus Public Reasons  7. A Moral Life

O autorze

Craig Taylor is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Flinders University. He is the author of Moralism: A Study of a Vice (2012) and Sympathy: A Philosophical Analysis (2002); a co-editor of Hume and The Enlightenment (2011), A Sense for Humanity: The Ethical Thought of Raimond Gaita (2014) and Morality in a Realistic Spirit: Essays for Cora Diamond (2020).