The contradictions of modern moral philosophy : ethics after Wittgenstein / Paul Johnston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston, Paul, 1962-

Johnston P Staff, Corporate Author.

Series:

Routledge studies in ethics and moral theory ; 1.

Routledge studies in ethics and moral theory ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics, Modern--20th century.

Ethics, Modern.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Contradictions of Modern Moral Philosophy is a highly original and radical critique of contemporary moral theory. Paul Johnston demonstrates that much recent moral philosophy is confused about the fundamental issue of whether there are correct moral judgements. He shows that the standard modern approaches to ethics cannot justify - or even make much sense of - traditional moral beliefs. Applied rigorously, these approaches suggest that we should reject ethics as a set of outdated and misguided claims. Rather than facing up to this conclusion, most recent moral philosophy consi

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; The contradictions of traditional ethics; Believing in right and wrong; Reason and moral argument; Modesty, doubt and relativism; Objectivity and the metaphysics of ethics; Ethics and modern philosophy; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 178) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-61911-1

1-134-61912-X

1-138-00734-X

1-280-10475-9

0-203-27978-6

0-203-16532-2

9780203165324

OCLC:

560068083