Whatever Happened to Good and Evil?

Name: Whatever Happened to Good and Evil?
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ISBN: 9780195168730

ISBN-10: 0195168739

ISBN-13: 9780195168730

Edition: 2003

Authors: Russ Shafer-Landau

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This is a brief introduction to ethics, with a point of view. This book addresses "meta-ethical" questions that go beyond what most introductory ethics books address, which are "normative" theories (egoism, utilitarianism, etc.) and "applied" ethics (abortion, capital punishment, etc.).Instead this book focuses on whether our ethical views on such matters can themselves be true or false, and, if so, whether their truth lies in personal or cultural opinion, or some objective, independent standard. With many examples, and an emphasis on argumentative clarity, this book is ideal for introductory ethics and philosophy courses and the interested general reader.

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/2/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 8.11" wide x 5.51" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Status of Morality



The Nature of the Problem



The Philosophical Terrain



Against Moral Skepticism



Moral Error



Moral Equivalence



Moral Progress and Moral Comparison



Dogmatism



Tolerance



Arbitrariness



Contradiction and Disagreement



Relativism and Contradiction



Is Moral Skepticism Self-Refuting?



Moral Objectivity Defended



How Ethical Objectivism Solves the Problems of Moral Skepticism



Universality, Objectivity, Absolutism



The (Un)Importance of Moral Disagreement



Does Ethical Objectivity Require God?



Where Do Moral Standards Come From?



Values in a Scientific World



Moral Knowledge I: Four Skeptical Arguments



Moral Knowledge II: The Regress Argument



Why Be Moral?


Conclusion


Synopsis of the Major Arguments


Glossary


Index