Morality

From Error to Fiction

Richard Joyce (Professor of Philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington)

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Oxford University Press
21 November 2024

We make moral judgments about all sorts of things, both mundane and momentous. But are any of these moral judgments actually true? The moral error theorist argues that they are not. According to this view, when people make moral judgments (e.g.,""Stealing is morally wrong"") although they purport to say true things about the world, in fact the world does not contain any of the properties or relations that would be necessary to render such judgments true. Nothing is morally right; nothing is morally wrong. The first part of this book argues in favor of this version of moral skepticism. Moral properties, it is claimed, have features that cannot be accommodated within the naturalistic worldview. Some of these problematic features pertain to the

By: Richard Joyce (Professor of Philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 538g
ISBN: 9780198879367
ISBN 10: 0198879369
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 21 November 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

PART 1 - MORALITY IN ERROR 1: Mackie's Arguments for Error Theory 2: Argument by Elimination 3: The Naturalist's Case for Error Theory 4: The Argument from Moral Responsibility 5: Defenses of Moral Error Theory PART 2 - MORALITY AS FICTION 6: After Error Theory: The

Richard Joyce received his PhD from Princeton in 1998. Over the following years he held academic positions at the University of Sheffield, the Australian National University, and the University of Sydney-eventually taking up a professorship at Victoria University of Wellington in 2010. He is the author of Essays in Moral Skepticism (OUP, 2016), The Evolution of Morality (MIT Press, 2006), and The Myth of Morality (CUP, 2001). In addition, he has edited several collections and has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, largely in the areas of metaethics and moral psychology.