Oxford Studies in Metaethics Volume 1

by Shafer-Landau, Russ

• ISBN13: 9780199291885
• ISBN10: 0199291888
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-07-20
• Publisher: Clarendon Press

Summary

Oxford Studies in Metaethics is the only periodical publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work on the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field. Its broad purview includes work being done at the intersections of ethical theory with metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. OSME provides an excellent basis for understanding recent developments in the field; those who would like to acquaint themselves with the current state of play in metaethics would do well to start here.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors	p. vi
Introduction	p. 1
Normative Guidance	p. 3
Saying what we Mean: An Argument against Expressivism	p. 35
Expressivism, Yes! Relativism, No!	p. 73
Anthropocentric Constraints on Human Value	p. 99
The Meaning of 'Ought'	p. 127
Knowing Enough to Disagree: A New Response to the Moral Twin Earth Argument	p. 161
Moral Feelings and Moral Concepts	p. 195
Negation for Expressivists: A Collection of Problems with a Suggestion for their Solution	p. 217
Direction of Fit and Motivational Cognitivism	p. 235
Misunderstanding Metaethics: Korsgaard's Rejection of Realism	p. 265
Resisting the Buck-Passing Account of Value	p. 295
Normativity	p. 325
Index	p. 381
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