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Pragmatic Moral Realism : A Transcendental Defense.
Title:
Pragmatic Moral Realism : A Transcendental Defense.
Author:
Pihlstrom, Sami.
ISBN:
9789401201834
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (201 pages)
Series:
Value Inquiry Book Series, 171 ; v.v. 171

Value Inquiry Book Series, 171
Contents:
CONTENTS -- Editorial Foreword -- Preface -- ONE: Introduction -- TWO: The Many Faces of Moral Realism -- 1. Putnam's moral realism: appreciating our actual practices of ethical evaluation -- 2. The pointlessness of virtue -- 3. Bildung and normativity: McDowell's moral realism -- 4. Murdoch's "pragmatism" revisited -- 5. Ethical inquiry? -- THREE: Moral Problems as Personal Problems -- 1. What is "Wittgensteinian" moral philosophy? -- 2. Transcendental reflections of a Wittgensteinian moral philosopher -- 3. Reflexivity and practical identity: Korsgaard's neo-Kantian project -- 4. Fragility: Why be moral? -- FOUR: The Truth in Skepticism -- 1. Introducing Hume after Wittgenstein and pragmatism -- 2. Humean "skepticism" contextualized -- 3. The ethical relevance of skepticism -- 4. Some further comparative remarks -- FIVE: Metaphilosophical Perspectives on Pragmatist Metaethics -- 1. Pragmatism as applied philosophy? -- 2. Is applied philosophy an applied science? -- 3. Philosophy and human problems -- 4. Pragmatism as a philosophical therapy? -- 5. Two perspectives on "discipline" -- SIX: Wonder and Trust -- 1. The philosophy of childhood -- 2. Childish wonder: why is there a world? -- 3. Transcendental childhood: birth, life, and death -- 4. Some final remarks on "mystery" -- SEVEN: Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- About the Author -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
This book examines the issue of moral realism from a pragmatist point of view, drawing attention to our human practices of ethical evaluation and deliberation. It defends the essentially ungrounded and humanly fundamental place of ethics in our thought and action. Ethics must remain beyond justification and ubiquitous in our human form(s) of life.
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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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