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Moral realism as a moral doctrine / Matthew H. Kramer.

By: Kramer, Matthew H, 1959-Contributor(s): Wiley InterScience (Online service)Material type: Text

TextSeries: New directions in ethicsPublisher: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009Description: 1 online resource (viii, 387 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781444310641; 144431064X; 9781444310634; 1444310631Subject(s): Moral realism | Ethics | Realism | Objectivity | Moral realism | Ethics | Moral realism | Objectivity | RealismGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Moral realism as a moral doctrine.DDC classification: 171/.2 LOC classification: BJ1500.M67 | K73 2009Online resources: Wiley Online Library

Contents:

Introduction -- Mind-independence -- Determinate correctness -- Uniform applicability -- Invariance -- Transindividual concurrence -- Impartiality -- Truth-aptitude -- Further dimensions of ethical objectivity? -- Supervenience as an ethical phenomenon.

Summary: In this major new work, Matthew Kramer seeks to establish two main conclusions. On the one hand, moral requirements are strongly objective. On the other hand, the objectivity of ethics is itself an ethical matter that rests primarily on ethical considerations. Moral realism - the doctrine that morality is indeed objective - is a moral doctrine.:.; Major new volume in our new series New Directions in Ethics.; Takes on the big picture - defending the objectivity of ethics whilst rejecting the grounds of much of the existing debate between realists and anti-realists.; Cuts across both ethical the.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-374) and index.

In this major new work, Matthew Kramer seeks to establish two main conclusions. On the one hand, moral requirements are strongly objective. On the other hand, the objectivity of ethics is itself an ethical matter that rests primarily on ethical considerations. Moral realism - the doctrine that morality is indeed objective - is a moral doctrine.:.; Major new volume in our new series New Directions in Ethics.; Takes on the big picture - defending the objectivity of ethics whilst rejecting the grounds of much of the existing debate between realists and anti-realists.; Cuts across both ethical the.

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