| The Moral Problem Contributor(s): Smith, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631192468 ISBN-13: 9780631192466 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $45.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1994 Annotation: This acclaimed volume offers a systematic introduction to and striking analysis of the central issues animating current debate in moral philosophy. It will be of interest to anyone with a serious interest in the philosophical foundations of ethics. Topics discussed include: realist vs anti-realist accounts of moral truth, cognitivist vs expressivist accounts of moral judgement; internalist vs externalist accounts of the relation between moral judgement and the will; Humean vs anti-Humean theories of motivation; and the debate between those who think that morality is a system of hypothetical imperatives and those who think that moral requirements are categorical. In 2000, "The Moral Problem" received The American Philosophical Association's first APA Book Prize for excellence in scholarship. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy - Philosophy | Movements - Rationalism |
| Dewey: 170 |
| LCCN: 94-6156 |
| Series: Philosophical Theory |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.68" W x 9.02" (0.91 lbs) 242 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This widely anticipated volume offers a systematic introduction to and striking analysis of the central issues animating current debate in moral philosophy. |
