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A World Without Values : Essays on John Mackie's Moral Error Theory / edited by Richard Joyce, Simon Kirchin
(Philosophical Studies Series. ISSN:25428349 ; 114)

Publisher	(Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer)
Year	2010
Edition	1st ed. 2010.
Authors	Joyce, Richard editor Kirchin, Simon editor SpringerLink (Online service)

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Links to the text	Library Off-campus access			OB00169452		Springer Humanities, Social Sciences and Law eBooks (電子ブック)	9789048133390

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Material Type	E-Book
Media type	機械可読データファイル
Size	XXIV, 238 p : online resource
Notes	Against Ethics -- Nihilism, Nietzsche, and the Doppelganger Problem -- Patterns of Objectification -- Mackie's Internalisms -- Mackie's Realism: Queer Pigs and the Web of Belief -- Mackie on Practical Reason -- The Argument from Moral Experience -- Beyond the Error Theory -- Normativity, Deliberation, and Queerness -- A Tension in the Moral Error Theory -- Business as Usual? The Error Theory, Internalism, and the Function of Morality -- The Fictionalist's Attitude Problem -- Abolishing Morality For centuries, certain moral philosophers have maintained that morality is an illusion, comparable to talking of ghosts or unicorns. These moral skeptics claim that the world simply doesn’t contain the sort of properties (such as moral badness, moral obligation, etc.) necessary to render moral statements true. Even seemingly obvious moral claims, such as "killing innocents is morally wrong" fail to be true. What would lead someone to adopt such a radical viewpoint? Are the arguments in its favor defensible or plausible? What impact would embracing such a view have on one’s practical life? Taking as its point of departure the work of moral philosopher John Mackie (1917-1981), A World Without Values is a collection of essays on moral skepticism by leading contemporary philosophers, some of whom are sympathetic to Mackie’s views, some of whom are opposed. Rather than treating moral skepticism as something to dismiss as quickly as possible, this anthology is a comprehensive exploration of the topic, and as such will be a valuable resource for students of moral philosophy at all levels, as well as professionals in the field of meta-ethics. A World Without Values presents state-of-the-art arguments that advance the ongoing philosophical debate on several fronts, and will enjoy an important place on any meta-ethicist’s bookshelf for some years to come HTTP:URL=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3339-0
Subjects	LCSH:Ethics FREE:Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics
Classification	LCC:BJ1-1725 DC23:170
ID	8000019258
ISBN	9789048133390