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9780198809685

Compassionate Moral Realism

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  • ISBN13:

    9780198809685

  • ISBN10:

    0198809689

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2018-07-31
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Author Biography


Colin Marshall is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washington, Seattle. Raised in Pojoaque, New Mexico, he received his BA from Reed College and his PhD from New York University. From 2011 through 2013 he was the Gerry Higgins Lecturer in the History of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne.

Table of Contents


Introduction
PART 1: THE CORE ARGUMENT
1. "Why be Moral?" and Epistemic Goods
2. Locke and Compassion
3. Being in Touch
4. Compassion and Being in Touch
PART 2: AN ANSWER TO "WHY BE MORAL?"
5. Beyond the Present
6. Pleasure and Desires
7. Combination and Comparison
8. The Scope of Compassion and Impartiality
9. The Hardest Cases
10. So what?
PART 3: MORAL REALISM
11. Criteria for Moral Realism
12. The Truth that Pain is Bad
13. Representing and Caring that Pain is Bad
14. Knowing that Pain is Bad
15. Summary and Prospects for Extension
Appendix A: Affect and Well-Functioning Agents
Appendix B: Body and Mind
Appendix C: The Content of Pain

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