Our Knowledge of Right and WrongFirst published in 2002. This is Volume VI of twelve in the Library of Philosophy series on Ethics. Written in 1971, this text looks at our knowledge of right and wrong and looks at topics of whether our knowledge of morality is a delusion and asks questions around moral judgment and they are subjective, the Universalization principle of a moral sense, God's commandments and human duties and finishes with suggestions of other reasons for actions. |
Contents
III Some Preliminary Distinctions | |
The Place of Demonstrative Reasoning in Ethics | |
Intuitionism and the Naturalistic Fallacy | |
Subjectivism | |
VII Ideal Observer Theories | |
VIII Moral Sense Theories The Universalization Principle | |
X Morality and Moral Codes | |
XI Evolution and Ethics | |
XII NonPropositional Theories | |
XIII Moral Judgment and Some Practical Uses of Language | |
XIV To Be or Not To Be | |
XV Some Other Moral Judgments | |
XVI Reasons for Actions | |
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