Knowing moral truth : a theory of metaethics and moral knowledge / Christopher B. Kulp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kulp, Christopher B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Physical Description:

x, 175 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2017]

Summary:

Knowing Moral Truth: A Theory of Metaethics and Moral Knowledge asks two fundamental questions: (i) Is there any such thing as (non-relative) moral truth?, and (ii) If there is such truth, how do we come into epistemic contact with it? The book is animated by the idea that we should take our ordinary, tutored moral judgments seriously-judgments typified by our conviction that it is clearly true that some acts, policies, social norms are morally right or wrong, permissible or impermissible, praiseworthy or condemnable, and so forth, no matter when, where, or by whom they are performed or endorsed. In order to provide a firm conceptual basis for such judgments, Christopher B. Kulp develops a theory of moral truth, based on a theory of moral facts. The account of moral truth and moral facts is further grounded on a theory of moral properties. In short, this book develops a theory of moral realism-the view that there are non-relative, first-order moral truths. Building squarely on the metaethical theories, knowing Moral Truth argues for a non-empiricist theory of justified moral belief and knowledge. Pivotal to this project is a careful analysis of various forms of "moral skepticism"-that is, any conception of morality substantially at odds with the general contours of our ordinary moral thinking. Kulp rejects all such skepticisms and advances a broadly intuitionist, epistemically fallibilist theory of moral knowledge. He concludes that we have strong reason to believe that our ordinary moral thinking, although certainly liable to error, is fundamentally sound. Moral knowledge is ubiquitous. This book in metaethics and moral epistemology will be of interest to anyone working in these areas or in general philosophical ethics or epistemology. Book jacket.

Contents:

The epistemic starting point

Truth and moral facts

Moral properties

First-order moral knowledge

Our epistemic contact with moral truth

Knowing moral reality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kulp, Christopher B. Knowing moral truth.

ISBN:

9781498547024

1498547028

OCLC:

973920570