Ethical subjectivism and expressivism / Neil Sinclair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinclair, Neil (Assistant professor of philosophy), author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Subjectivity--Moral and ethical aspects.

Subjectivity.

Expressivism (Ethics).

Physical Description:

76 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Ethical subjectivists hold that moral judgements are descriptions of our attitudes. Expressivists hold that they are expressions of our attitudes. These views cook with the same ingredients - the natural world, and our reactions to it - and have similar attractions. This Element assesses each of them by considering whether they can accommodate three central features of moral practice: the practicality of moral judgements, the phenomenon of moral disagreement, and the mind-independence of some moral truths. In the process, several different versions of subjectivism are distinguished (simple, communal, idealising, and normative) and key expressivist notions such as 'moral attitudes' and 'expression' are examined. Different meanings of 'subjective' and 'relative' are examined and it is considered whether subjectivism and expressivism make ethics 'subjective' or 'relative' in each of these senses.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Motivations And Methodology

2. `Subjective' And `Relative'

3. Simple Subjectivism

4. Complex Subjectivism

5. Expressivism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1108706517

9781108706513

OCLC:

1182514782