Naturalism and constructivism in metaethics / edited by Sofia Bonicalzi, Leonardo Caffo and Mattia Sorgon ; contributors Martina Belmonte [and nine others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bonicalzi, Sofia, editor.

Caffo, Leonardo, editor.

Sorgon, Mattia, editor.

Belmonte, Martina, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Naturalism in art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this collection of essays, several authors, belonging to different generations and philosophical traditions, discuss ample ethical and metaethical issues together with their relations to questions of applied ethics. The volume provides a wide account of some of the main topics in these fields, thus dealing with nearly everything that human beings hold as valuable. Expert scholars and young researchers contribute to this virtual symposium, reframing the current philosophical debates about ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; PART ONE; EMPATHY AND NATURE; NATURALISM, FREE WILL, AND DIFFERENTAPPROACHES TO THE IS/OUGHT PROBLEM; SOME ELEMENTS FOR A CRITICAL REVIEWOF THE CONCEPT OF "NATURALISTIC FALLACY"; EMPATHY AND SYMPATHY; PART TWO; DEFINING PRACTICAL REASONING; PRACTICAL REASONING BETWEENABSTRACTION AND IDEALISATION; TOWARDS A GENDERED RATIONALCHOICE THEORY; PART THREE; NATURALISM, DEONTIC LOGICAND COGNITIVE SCIENCE; THE DEBATE ON NATURALISMIN CONTEMPORARY ETHICS; THE OIC/PAP DISPUTE; COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCEAND ANIMAL CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 23, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-5937-0

OCLC:

877039309