Morality In A Natural World

Author : David Copp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139466134

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The central philosophical challenge of metaethics is to account for the normativity of moral judgment without abandoning or seriously compromising moral realism. In Morality in a Natural World, David Copp defends a version of naturalistic moral realism that can accommodate the normativity of morality. Moral naturalism is often thought to face special metaphysical, epistemological, and semantic problems as well as the difficulty in accounting for normativity. In the ten essays included in this volume, Copp defends solutions to these problems. Three of the essays are new, while seven have previously been published. All of them are concerned with the viability of naturalistic and realistic accounts of the nature of morality, or, more generally, with the viability of naturalistic accounts of reasons.

Author : David Copp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 0511296010

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Author : Professor of Philosophy David Copp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : Ethics
ISBN : 0511296762

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Morality in a Natural World: Selected Essays in Metaethics. Cambridge Studies in Philosophy. by Professor of Philosophy David Copp Pdf

The central philosophical challenge of metaethics is to account for the normativity of moral judgment without abandoning or seriously compromising moral realism. In Morality in a Natural World, David Copp defends a version of naturalistic moral realism that can accommodate the normativity of morality. Moral naturalism is often thought to face special metaphysical, epistemological, and semantic problems as well as the difficulty in accounting for normativity. In the ten essays included in this volume, Copp defends solutions to these problems. Three of the essays are new, while seven have previously been published. All of them are concerned with the viability of naturalistic and realistic accounts of the nature of morality, or, more generally, with the viability of naturalistic accounts of reasons.

Author : David Copp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-07-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521863716

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Morality in a Natural World by David Copp Pdf

The central philosophical challenge of metaethics is to account for the normativity of moral judgment without abandoning or seriously compromising moral realism. In Morality in a Natural World, David Copp defends a version of naturalistic moral realism that can accommodate the normativity of morality. Moral naturalism is often thought to face special metaphysical, epistemological, and semantic problems as well as the difficulty in accounting for normativity. In the ten essays included in this volume, Copp defends solutions to these problems. Three of the essays are new, while seven have previously been published. All of them are concerned with the viability of naturalistic and realistic accounts of the nature of morality, or, more generally, with the viability of naturalistic accounts of reasons.

Author : Roger V. Moseley
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781525537301

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Morality: A Natural History by Roger V. Moseley Pdf

What is morality and what is the source of our moral ideas? Philosophers have explored these questions for centuries, suggesting that both emotion and reason play roles but failing to explain how and why Homo sapiens developed these ideas. Author Roger Moseley argues that evolutionary forces that optimize human welfare provide the missing explanation. Morality: A Natural History presents a multi-disciplinary analysis of the topic and reveals a common thread among the seemingly diverse fields of religion, neuroscience, experimental psychology and game theory, child development, evolution and animal behavior, and anthropology and sociology. When humans first appeared, a simple self-interested survival morality sufficed. As societies became more complex, however, rules of behavior became necessary to limit conflict and promote cooperation. The brain evolved, producing language that allowed the articulation of moral ideas which were codified and enforced by religion and social forces. No species lasts forever, and it is at our peril today that we neglect those evolved moral values of cooperation, altruism, truthfulness, and empathy. Rooted in scientific evidence and interspersed with personal anecdotes and humorous observations, Moseley provides a unique perspective on the natural history of morality – how it appeared, evolved, and continues to evolve today. Morality: A Natural History is essential reading for academics and laypersons alike who seek to understand the origin and essence of human morality.

Author : John Deigh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190878610

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From Psychology to Morality by John Deigh Pdf

The essays in this collection belong to the tradition of naturalism in ethics. The tradition goes back to the beginnings of moral philosophy in ancient Greek thought. Its program is to explain moral thought and action as wholly natural phenomena. Its aim, in other words, is to explain such thought and action without recourse to either a reality separate from that of the natural world or volitional powers that operate independently of natural forces. Its greatest exponent in ancient thought was Aristotle. In modern thought Hume and Freud stand out as the most influential contributors to the tradition. All three thinkers made the study of human psychology fundamental to their work in ethics. All three built their theories on studies of human desires and emotions and assigned to reason the role of guiding the actions that spring from our desires and emotions toward ends that promise self-fulfillment and away from ends that are self-destructive. The collection's essays draw inspiration from their ideas. Its twelve principal essays are arranged to follow the lead of Aristotle's and Hume's ethics. The first three survey and examine general theories of emotion and motivation. The next two focus on emotions that are central to human sociability and that contemporary Anglo-American philosophers discuss under the rubric of reactive attitudes. Turning to distinctively cognitive powers necessary for moral thought and action, the sixth and seventh essays discuss the role of empathy in moral judgment and defend Bernard Williams's controversial account of practical reason. The final five essays use the studies in moral psychology of the previous chapters to treat questions in ethics and social philosophy. The treatment of these questions exemplifies the implementation of a naturalist program in these disciplines.

Author : Sam Harris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781439171226

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The Moral Landscape by Sam Harris Pdf

Sam Harris dismantles the most common justification for religious faith--that a moral system cannot be based on science.

Author : Michael Tomasello
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780674088641

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A Natural History of Human Morality by Michael Tomasello Pdf

Michael Tomasello offers the most detailed account to date of the evolution of human moral psychology. Based on experimental data comparing great apes and human children, he reconstructs two key evolutionary steps whereby early humans gradually became an ultra-cooperative and, eventually, a moral species capable of acting as a plural agent “we”.

Author : Karl A.E. Enenkel,Paul J. Smith
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-09-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789004347076

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Emblems and the Natural World by Karl A.E. Enenkel,Paul J. Smith Pdf

This interdisciplinary volume aims to address the multiple connections between emblematics and the natural world in the broader perspective of their underlying ideologies – scientific, artistic, literary, political and/or religious.

Author : Holmes Rolston
Publisher : Temple University Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780877226284

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Environmental Ethics by Holmes Rolston Pdf

Environmental Ethics is a systematic account of values carried by the natural world, coupled with an inquiry into duties toward animals, plants, species, and ecosystems. A comprehensive philosophy of nature is illustrated by and integrated with numerous actual examples of ethical decisions made in encounters with fauna and flora, endangered species, and threatened ecosystems. The ethics developed is informed throughout by ecological science and evolutionary biology, with attention to the logic of moving from what is in nature to what ought to be. The ethical theory is applied in detail to social, public, and business policy. Written in an engaging style, using diagrams and figures as well as numerous case studies, Environmental Ethics prods the reader into concrete application and invites reader participation in the ethical discussions. The ethics concludes by exploring the historical experiences of personal residence in a surrounding environment. Here is an adventure into what it means to live as responsible human beings in the community of life on Earth. In the series Ethics and Action, edited by Tom Regan.

Author : Paul W. Taylor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 069102250X

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Respect for Nature by Paul W. Taylor Pdf

Respect for Nature defends a biocentric theory of environmental ethics. Without making claims for the moral rights of plants and animals, Paul Taylor offers a reasoned alternative to the prevailing anthropocentric view, according to which the natural environment and its wild biotic communities are valued only as objects for human use or enjoyment.

Author : Paul W. Taylor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400838530

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Respect for Nature by Paul W. Taylor Pdf

What rational justification is there for conceiving of all living things as possessing inherent worth? In Respect for Nature, Paul Taylor draws on biology, moral philosophy, and environmental science to defend a biocentric environmental ethic in which all life has value. Without making claims for the moral rights of plants and animals, he offers a reasoned alternative to the prevailing anthropocentric view--that the natural environment and its wildlife are valued only as objects for human use or enjoyment. Respect for Nature provides both a full account of the biological conditions for life--human or otherwise--and a comprehensive view of the complex relationship between human beings and the whole of nature. This classic book remains a valuable resource for philosophers, biologists, and environmentalists alike--along with all those who care about the future of life on Earth. A new foreword by Dale Jamieson looks at how the original 1986 edition of Respect for Nature has shaped the study of environmental ethics, and shows why the work remains relevant to debates today.

Author : Chandana Chakrabarti
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781443844055

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Morality and Spirituality in the Contemporary World by Chandana Chakrabarti Pdf

The contemporary world faces a number of problems that are both deep-seated and interrelated, since they arise from the very nature of technological society. The environment upon which all life depends is seriously threatened by climate change, rising sea levels, pollution, overpopulation, resource depletion and increased risks of droughts, forest fires, floods and other extreme weather events. Environmental degradation is intimately connected to the consumer lifestyle of developed countries. This lifestyle promotes materialism, entertainment and hedonistic superficiality that ultimately lead to moral corruption. Our insensitive and destructive attitude towards nature is not isolated, or unrelated to other problems of social justice. The environmental crisis reflects human structures of domination that include political and economic exploitation, racism, sexism and ageism. These challenges are immense, and solutions to them will require a renewed dedication to moral reflection and a commitment to social justice. This book discusses the challenges in connection with topics such as human rights, economic exploitation and inequality, environmental protection, globalization, global food justice, technology, gender equality and ageism. It provides a plurality of moral and spiritual perspectives including Hinduism, Buddhism, Daoism and Christianity that offer guidance in finding responses that are both possible and reasonable.

Author : R. Keith Loftin
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830863457

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God and Morality by R. Keith Loftin Pdf

Is morality dependent upon belief in God? Is there more than one way for Christians to understand the nature of morality? Is there any agreement between Christians and atheists or agnostics on this heated issue? In God and Morality: Four Views four distinguished voices in moral philosophy ariticulate and defend their place in the current debate between naturalism and theism. Christian philosophers, Keith Yandell and Mark Linville and two self-identified atheist/agnostics, Evan Fales and Michael Ruse clearly and honestly represent their differing views on the nature of morality. Important differences as well as areas of overlap emerge as each contributor states their case, receives criticism from the others and responds. Of particular value for use as an academic text, these four essays and responses, covering the naturalist moral non-realist, naturalist moral realist, moral essentialist and moral particularist views, will foster critical thinking and contribute to the development of a well-informed position on this very important issue.

Author : Lawrence E. Johnson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-29
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0521447062

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A Morally Deep World by Lawrence E. Johnson Pdf

Advocating a major change in our attitude toward the nonhuman world, the author argues that nonhuman animals, as well as ecosystems, are morally significant beings with interests and rights.