| Title:
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A WORLD WITHOUT VALUES
ESSAYS ON JOHN MACKIE'S MORAL ERROR THEORY |
| By: |
Richard Joyce (Editor), Simon Kirchin (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£109.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9048133386 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789048133383 |
| Publisher: |
SPRINGER |
| Pub. date: |
10 December, 2009 |
| Edition: |
2010 ed. |
| Series: |
Philosophical Studies Series 114 |
| Pages: |
238 |
| Description: |
Taking as its point of departure the work of moral philosopher John Mackie (1917-1981), this is a collection of essays on moral skepticism by leading contemporary philosophers. It is the first book to focus comprehensively on the topic of moral skepticism. |
| Synopsis: |
What kind of properties are moral qualities, such as rightness, badness, etc? Some ethicists doubt that there are any such properties; they maintain that thinking that something is morally wrong (for example) is comparable to thinking that something is a unicorn or a ghost. These "moral error theorists" argue that the world simply does not contain the kind of properties or objects necessary to render our moral judgments true. This radical form of moral skepticism was championed by the philosopher John Mackie (1917-1981). This anthology is a collection of philosophical essays critically examining Mackie's view. |
| Illustrations: |
2 Tables, black and white; XXIV, 238 p. |
| Publication: |
Netherlands |
| Imprint: |
Springer |
| Returns: |
Returnable |