자료유형 | 학위논문 |
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서명/저자사항 | Altering Morality: An Essay in Revisionary Non-cognitivism. |
개인저자 | Zhao, Michael. |
단체저자명 | New York University. Philosophy. |
발행사항 | [S.l.]: New York University., 2018. |
발행사항 | Ann Arbor: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018. |
형태사항 | 145 p. |
기본자료 저록 | Dissertation Abstracts International 79-12A(E). Dissertation Abstract International |
ISBN | 9780438170957 |
학위논문주기 | Thesis (Ph.D.)--New York University, 2018. |
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Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: A.
Adviser: Samuel Scheffler. |
요약 | Some moral philosophers have a vague suspicion that non-cognitivism, the idea that moral claims express attitudes like emotions or desires, threatens the significance of morality. If "murder is wrong" just expresses the speaker's subjective atti |
요약 | At the same time, it remains a widespread belief in meta-ethics that non-cognitivism, as a descriptive thesis, has no normative implications. Almost 300 years ago, David Hume asserted that the discovery that values "are not qualities in objects, |
요약 | Despite the arguments of the quasi-realists and other meta-ethicists, I remain unconvinced. In my dissertation, Altering Morality: An Essay in Revisionary Non-Cognitivism, I argue that if non-cognitivism is true, then we need to rethink in many |
요약 | Although its focus is on a meta-ethical view, I take the main significance of the dissertation to be its moral dimension. In particular, it shows that non-cognitivism undermines two widespread conceptions of morality. First, one might have thoug |
요약 | This project has interest for cognitivists and non-cognitivists alike. If you are a cognitivist, then you might welcome the fact that non-cognitivism has these conclusions, as they show that cognitivism is in a better position to accommodate cer |
일반주제명 | Ethics. |
언어 | 영어 |
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