Dimensions of Moral Theory: An Introduction to Metaethics and Moral Psychology

Dimensions of Moral Theory: An Introduction to Metaethics and Moral Psychology......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 15
1 Objectivity and Subjectivity......Page 17
Interpretations of Objectivity......Page 18
Monism and Pluralism......Page 29
This Way to Subjectivism......Page 33
Subjectivity and Sentiment......Page 39
Subjectivism and Skepticism......Page 42
Relativism......Page 49
Where Now?......Page 54
Thinkers and Their Works, and Further Reading......Page 55
Notes......Page 56
Moral Motivation......Page 58
Virtue and Motivation......Page 66
Self-interest and Morality......Page 68
What about Luck?......Page 75
Are Moral Considerations Overriding?......Page 82
Where Now?......Page 86
Questions for Discussion and Reflection......Page 87
Notes......Page 88
3 Forms of Moral Theory......Page 90
Consequentialism......Page 91
Kantian Non-consequentialism......Page 96
Intuitionist Non-consequentialism......Page 101
The Virtue-centered Approach......Page 106
Contractarianism......Page 113
Theories, Duties, and Metaethics......Page 118
Where Now?......Page 121
Thinkers and Their Works, and Further Reading......Page 122
Notes......Page 123
4 Naturalism and Nonnaturalism......Page 126
Naturalism......Page 127
The Modern Debate about Naturalism......Page 130
Reconstructed Naturalism......Page 134
Non-cognitivist Alternatives......Page 136
Hume and Naturalism......Page 142
Reconnecting Facts and Values......Page 144
Aristotle and Naturalism......Page 150
Moral Facts and Explanation......Page 154
What about God?......Page 158
Where Now?......Page 164
Thinkers and Their Works, and Further Reading......Page 165
Notes......Page 166
Conclusion......Page 169
Glossary......Page 172
Bibliography......Page 178
Index......Page 182