Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- List of figures and tables -- Preface -- Introduction -- BACKGROUND -- FOUR KEY ISSUES -- FOUR MAIN THEORIES -- CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER SUMMARY -- STUDY QUESTIONS -- FURTHER RESOURCES -- ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS OF UNDERSTANDING…
Are moral standards relative to cultures? Are there any moral facts? What is goodness? If there are moral facts how do we learn about them? These are all questions in metaethics, the branch of ethics that investigates the status of morality, the nature of ethical facts, and the …
Are moral standards relative? Are there moral facts? What is goodness? If there moral facts are how do we learn about them? These are all questions about metaethics, the branch of ethics that studies ethical properties, statements, attitudes and judgements. To the uninitiated it…
Are moral standards relative? Are there moral facts? What is goodness? If there moral facts are how do we learn about them? These are all questions about metaethics, the branch of ethics that studies ethical properties, statements, attitudes and judgements. To the uninitiated it…
Philosophy for everyone
by ProQuest (Firm), Pritchard, Duncan, Fletcher, Guy, Chrisman, Matthew
Philosophy for Everyone begins by explaining what philosophy is before exploring the questions and issues at the foundation of this important subject. Key topics and their areas of focus include:Epistemology - what our knowledge of the world and ourselves consists in, and how we…
"This volume presents new work on the much-discussed topic of deontic modality : the meaning and function of language relating to what is allowed, required, or obligatory, in view of moral or legal demands. A team of leading experts in philosophy of language, meta-ethics, and li…