Rationalism, Realism, and Relativism : : Perspectives in Contemporary Moral Epistemology / / Robert L. Arrington.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Arrington, Robert L.,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2019]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)

During the 1970s and 1980s, the field of ethics underwent a profound change in perspective from noncognitivism to cognitivism regarding moral judgments and reasoning. Although metaethical noncognitivism had been the predominant point of view during the previous three decades, a series of attacks had undermined its authority by the 1970s, and it gave way to the cognitivist belief that moral judgments have truth values. This book provides a descriptive and critical guide to the often bewildering scene that resulted from these controversies in contemporary moral epistemology.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Moral Reasoning -- 2. Moral Judgments -- 3. Moral Rationalism -- 4. Moral Realism -- 5. Relativism -- 6. Conceptual Relativism -- Index