Objectivism, Subjectivism, and Relativism in Ethics: Volume 25, Part 1

ISBN-13: 9780521719636 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 442 str.

Ellen Frankel Paul; Jr. Fred Miller; Jeffrey Paul

Opis

Do we desire things because they are good, or are they good because we desire them? Objectivists answer that we desire things because they are good; subjectivists answer that things are good because we desire them. Further, does it make sense to account for moral disagreement by claiming, as the moral relativist does, that something might be good for one person but not for another? Some essays in this book consider whether objective moral truths can be grounded in an understanding of the nature of human beings as rational and social animals. Some discuss the ethical theories of historical figures Aristotle, Aquinas, or Kant or offer critical assessments of the work of recent and contemporary theorists such as Moore, Putnam, Ayn Rand, Philippa Foot, and Rosalind Hursthouse. Other essays ask whether moral principles and values can be constructed through a process of practical reasoning or deliberation. Still others consider what the phenomenology of our moral experiences can reveal about moral objectivity."

Spis treści

1. Substantive moral theory Philip Pettit; 2. Virtue and nature Christopher W. Gowans; 3. The importance of metaphysical realism for ethical knowledge Douglas B. Rasmussen; 4. Why moral judgments can be objective Tibor R. Machan; 5. The importance of the subject in objective morality: distinguishing objective from intrinsic value Tara Smith; 6. Evaluative concepts and objective values: Rand on moral objectivity Darryl F. Wright; 7. Aristotelian constructivism Mark LeBar; 8. Moral construction as a task: sources and limits Thomas E. Hill, Jr.; 9. Constructing normative objectivity in ethics David B. Wong; 10. What does moral phenomenology tell us about moral objectivity? Terry Horgan and Mark Timmons; 11. Imaginative resistance and psychological necessity Julia Driver; 12. Objectivism and relational good Connie S. Rosati; 13. Foundations in Aquinas's ethics Scott MacDonald; 14. Revisionary intuitionism Michael Huemer; 15. Moral objectivity Nicholas Rescher.