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Moral Fictionalism.
Title:
Moral Fictionalism.
Author:
Kalderon, Mark Eli.
ISBN:
9780191515323
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (206 pages)
Series:
Lines of Thought
Contents:
Contents -- 1 Moral Pyrrhonism and Noncognitivism -- 2 The Pragmatic Fallacy -- 3 Varieties of Moral Irrealism -- 4 Attitude, Affect, and Authority -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.
Abstract:
Mark Eli Kalderon argues that morality is a fiction by means of which our emotional attitudes are conveyed. This is an improvement on the standard noncognitivist view, which denies that moral judgement is belief but claims instead that it is the expression of an emotional attitude. Noncognitivists tend to deny that moral sentences even purport to represent moral reality, and so they have developed non-standard semantics for moral discourse. Kalderon's fictionalism shows that noncognitivism can manage without such controversial semantics. His book will be essential reading for anyone working in moral philosophy, and for many others working on meaning and knowledge.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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