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1 online resource (247 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Introduction: Moral Skepticism and the "What Next?" Question; Notes; References; Further reading; PART I: Background Thinking; Chapter 1: Good and Gold; Editors' Note; 1 Introduction; 2 Intuitionist Realism Is Correct as a Theory of the Concepts of Ordinary Moral Thought and Talk; 3 Intuitionist Realism Is Incorrect as a Theory of the Realities of Ordinary Moral Thought and Talk; 4 Reading Mackie's Argument in Bayesian Terms; 5 Projectivism Is the Correct Theory of the Realities of Ordinary Moral Thought and Talk |
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6 Is it Possible to Hold Strong Views While Believing That They Are Simply Attitudes?7 On the Possibility of Mackiean Moralists; 8 Is This a Dangerous Philosophy?; 9 What Is an Adherent of This Philosophy to Do?; Notes; References; Chapter 2: To Hell With Morality; Editors' Note; Introduction; Chapter 2: The Moral Society: Its Structure and Preservation; Chapter 3: The Consequences of Morality; Chapter 4: The Alleged Usefulness of Morality; Notes; Chapter 3: Moral Foolishness Explained; 1 Introduction; 2 "There is no disorder worse": On Daoist Moral Foolishness |
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3 "A highly contagious substance": Luhmann on Moral Communication4 The Carnivalization of Morality: Concluding Remarks on Moral Foolishness; Notes; References; PART II: The Case for Abolitionism; Chapter 4: After Such Knowledge-What? Living and Speaking in a World Without Objective Morality; 1 Introduction: Mores, Morality, and a Horrible Mismatch; 2 Mackie: Morality as Technology; 3 Many (Tricky) Questions; 4 Many (Dubious) Answers; 5 Minding Our Language and Making up Our Minds; 6 Morality, Metaethics, and Meta-morality; 7 Morality, Public Policy, and the Law |
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8 Conclusion: Metaethics and a Science of MoralityNotes; References; Chapter 5: A Plea for Moral Abolitionism; 1 The Moral Error Theory and Moral Abolitionism; 2 Ethics and Morality; 3 Can We Abolish Morality?; 4 Should We Abolish Morality?; 5 Moral Fictions and Moral Fictionalism; 6 Abolishing Morality and Applying Ethics; Notes; References; Chapter 6: Beyond the Surf and Spray: Erring on the Side of Error Theory; 1 Ethics Without Question Begging; 2 Desirist Ethics; 3 Why Be Amoral?; 4 Beyond Amorality; 5 The Full Mackie; 6 Cleaving Still Closer to the Cliff; Notes; References |
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PART III: Alternatives to AbolitionismChapter 7: Moral Practice After Error Theory: Negotiationism; 1 Introduction; 2 Preliminaries; 3 The Impact of Error Theory (and of Realism) on Moral Practice; 4 The Error Theorist's Moral Toolbox and Its Content; 5 When, Where, and How Should an Error Theorist Moralize?; 6 Moral Fictionalism; 7 Moral Conservationism; 8 Moral Abolitionism Redux?; 9 Negotiationism; Notes; References; Chapter 8: Minimizing the Misuse of Morality; Introduction; 1. The Argument From History; 2 Other Culprits; 3 Minimizing the Misuse of Morality; Conclusion; Acknowledgments |
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Electronic book
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Joyce, Richard
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| ISBN |
9781351122146 |
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1351122142 |
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9781351122139 |
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1351122134 |
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