Rationalism, Realism, and Relativism : Perspectives in Contemporary Moral Epistemology /
Arrington, Robert L.
Rationalism, Realism, and Relativism : Perspectives in Contemporary Moral Epistemology / Robert L. Arrington. - 1 online resource (344 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Moral Reasoning -- 2. Moral Judgments -- 3. Moral Rationalism -- 4. Moral Realism -- 5. Relativism -- 6. Conceptual Relativism -- Index
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During the 1970s and 1980s, the field of ethics underwent a profound change in perspective from noncognitivism to cognitivism regarding moral judgments and reasoning. Although metaethical noncognitivism had been the predominant point of view during the previous three decades, a series of attacks had undermined its authority by the 1970s, and it gave way to the cognitivist belief that moral judgments have truth values. This book provides a descriptive and critical guide to the often bewildering scene that resulted from these controversies in contemporary moral epistemology.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501745409
10.7591/9781501745409 doi
Ethical relativism.
Ethics.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Rationalism.
Realism.
Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology.
BJ1031 / .A77 1989
171
Rationalism, Realism, and Relativism : Perspectives in Contemporary Moral Epistemology / Robert L. Arrington. - 1 online resource (344 p.)
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Moral Reasoning -- 2. Moral Judgments -- 3. Moral Rationalism -- 4. Moral Realism -- 5. Relativism -- 6. Conceptual Relativism -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
During the 1970s and 1980s, the field of ethics underwent a profound change in perspective from noncognitivism to cognitivism regarding moral judgments and reasoning. Although metaethical noncognitivism had been the predominant point of view during the previous three decades, a series of attacks had undermined its authority by the 1970s, and it gave way to the cognitivist belief that moral judgments have truth values. This book provides a descriptive and critical guide to the often bewildering scene that resulted from these controversies in contemporary moral epistemology.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781501745409
10.7591/9781501745409 doi
Ethical relativism.
Ethics.
Knowledge, Theory of.
Rationalism.
Realism.
Philosophy.
PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology.
BJ1031 / .A77 1989
171