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Ethical Intuitionism

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  1. Michael Huemer
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Michael Huemer
      Pages 1-13

  3. Alternative Metaethical Theories

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. Non-Cognitivism

      • Michael Huemer
      Pages 17-47

    3. Subjectivism

      • Michael Huemer
      Pages 48-65

    4. Reductionism

      • Michael Huemer
      Pages 66-96

  4. Ethical Intuitionism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Moral Knowledge

      • Michael Huemer
      Pages 99-127

    3. Disagreement and Error

      • Michael Huemer
      Pages 128-154

    4. Practical Reasons

      • Michael Huemer
      Pages 155-198

    5. Further Objections

      • Michael Huemer
      Pages 199-223

    6. Conclusion

      • Michael Huemer
      Pages 224-253

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 255-309
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About this book

A defence of ethical intuitionism where (i) there are objective moral truths; (ii) we know these through an immediate, intellectual awareness, or 'intuition'; and (iii) knowing them gives us reasons to act independent of our desires. The author rebuts the major objections to this theory and shows the difficulties in alternative theories of ethics.

Reviews

'Read this. It is the best book ever written on meta-ethics. Even philosophers who know the field may feel as though they are confronting these issues for the first time. I used to think of ethical intuitionism as a silly, naIve, even ridiculous theory, but Michael Huemer has made an intuitionist out of me.' - Stuart Rachels, Department of Philosophy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA

'Huemer's book may be the best, most comprehensive defense of ethical intuitionism since Moore's Principia Ethica...[it] is an outstanding defense of the view that there are objective moral truths knowable through intuition. Whether or not one agrees with Huemer's conclusions, one cannot ignore the power of his arguments.' - Richard Fumerton, Department of Philosophy, University of Iowa

'A terrific book. Now philosophers will have no excuse for treating ethical intuitionism as if it were a silly and easily-refuted view.' - James W. Nickel, Arizona State University College of Law, USA

About the author

Michael Huemer is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA, where he has worked since 1998. He is the author of Skepticism and the Veil of Perception and Ethical Intuitionism , as well as more than 40 articles in ethics, epistemology, political philosophy, and metaphysics.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ethical Intuitionism

  • Authors: Michael Huemer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230597051

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2005

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-8968-0Published: 11 October 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-57374-1Published: 14 December 2007

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-59705-1Published: 14 December 2007

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 309

  • Topics: Ethics, Moral Philosophy

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