Metaethics
Metaethics Metaethics: A Contemporary Introduction provides a solid foundation in metaethics for advanced undergraduates by introducing a series of puzzles that most metaethical theories address.…
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Metaethics
Metaethics: A Contemporary Introduction provides a solid foundation in metaethics for advanced undergraduates by introducing a series of puzzles that most metaethical theories address. From there, author Mark van Roojen discusses the many positions in metaethics that people will take in reaction to these puzzles. These puzzles involve moral disagreement, reference, moral epistemology, metaphysics, and moral psychology.
Why study it? Van Roojen asks several essential questions of his readers, namely: What is metaethics? How does one discuss metaethics, given its inherently controversial nature?
Each chapter closes with questions, both for reading comprehension and further discussion, and annotated suggestions for further