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Debunking arguments in ethics

Title
Debunking arguments in ethics / Hanno Sauer, University of Utrecht.
Author
Sauer, Hanno
Publication
  • Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
  • ©2018

Details

Description
xi, 243 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"In this crisply written book, Hanno Sauer offers the first book-length treatment of debunking arguments in ethics, developing an empirically informed and philosophically sophisticated account of genealogical arguments and their significance for the reliability of moral cognition. He breaks new ground by introducing a series of novel distinctions into the current debate, which allows him to develop a framework for assessing the prospects of debunking or vindicating our moral intuitions. He also challenges the justification of some of our moral judgments by showing that they are based on epistemically defective processes. His book is an original, cutting-edge contribution to the burgeoning field of empirically informed metaethics and will interest philosophers, psychologists, and anyone interested in how--and whether--moral judgment works."--Page 4 of cover.
Subject
  • Ethics
  • Ethics, Evolutionary
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-238) and index.
Contents
Introduction : Debunking Arguments and the Gap -- Part I. Debunking. Debunking Explained : Structure and Typology -- Debunking Defused : The Metaethical Turn -- Debunking Contained : Selective and Global Scope -- Part II. Disagreement. Debunking Realism : Moral Disagreement -- Debunking Conservatism : Political Disagreement -- Part III. Deontology. Debunking Details : The Perils of Trolleyology -- Debunking Doctrines : Double or Knobe Effect? -- Part IV. Conclusion. Vindicating Arguments.
Call Number
JFE 19-1824
ISBN
  • 9781108423694
  • 1108423698
LCCN
2018009838
OCLC
1023740678
Author
Sauer, Hanno, author.
Title
Debunking arguments in ethics / Hanno Sauer, University of Utrecht.
Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Copyright Date
©2018
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-238) and index.
Other Form:
ebook version : 9781108542760
Research Call Number
JFE 19-1824
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