__Is the way to moral truth through theory?Or do we already know what's right and wrong?__Throughout modern history philosophers have tried to construct elaborate moral systems to determine what's right. Recently, however, some have revived the position that we have intuitive knowledge of right and wrong. In this book, David Kaspar introduces and explores the perspective known as 'Intuitionism'. Charting intuitionism's fall in the twentieth century and its recent resurgence, Kaspar looks at the intuitionist approach to the most important topics in ethics, from moral knowledge to intrinsically good moral action.David Kaspar defends intuitionism against criticisms from competing metaethical schools, such as moral nihilism and ethical naturalism. It also takes on normative rivals, such as utilitarianism, Kantianism, and virtue ethics. By consolidating the stronger claims of both early analytic and contemporary intuitionists, Kaspar goes on to make a robust case for a rigorously intuitionist approach to explaining morality. __Intuitionism__ also includes chapter summaries and guides to further reading throughout to help readers explore and master this important school of contemporary ethical thought. This is an ideal resource for undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in ethics, metaethics and moral philosophy.

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David Kaspar

Continuum International Publishing Group, Incorporated

Continuum International Publishing Group, Limited

Bloomsbury Academic & Professional

Continuum Publishing Corporation

Bloomsbury Publishing

Bloomsbury UK

Interform

Continuum ethics, New York, New York State, 2012

Bloomsbury ethics series, New York, 2012

United States, United States of America

Bloomsbury ethics series, London, 2012

Continuum Ethics, London, 2012

Switzerland, Switzerland

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1, PT, 2012

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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HalfTitle 2
Series 3
Title 4
Copyright 5
Dedication 6
Contents 8
Acknowledgments 12
Introduction 14
The search for a supreme principle 16
We know what’s right 18
The approach of intuitionism 20
Overview 21
1 Thinking about morality 23
Introduction 23
Moral beliefs and intuitionism 24
Methods of intuitionism 26
The first data of ethics 27
Assumptions to avoid 28
Divisions in moral theory 29
Intuitionism 31
Morality in action 33
Commonsense morality? 35
Persistent data 36
Prejudices and social support 37
Chapter summary 38
2 The story of contemporary intuitionism 40
Introduction 40
Prichard’s point 41
Ross’s intuitionism 43
The downfall of early analytic intuitionism 45
Strawson’s case against intuitionism 47
General trends against intuitionism 48
The power of intuition 51
Methods of ethics 53
Audi’s insight 55
Moral disagreement 57
Chapter summary 61
3 Moral knowledge 63
Introduction 63
Empiricism and rationalism 64
Self-evidence explained 65
Moral proofs 67
Justification structures 69
Epistemic appraisal 72
Intuitions 75
Skepticism about intuitions 77
Self-evidence, mathematics, and morality 79
Mere truisms? 80
Synthetic a priori truths 82
You know what’s right 83
Chapter summary 86
4 New challenges to intuitionism 87
Introduction 87
Where in the world is morality? 88
Moral skepticism and moral nihilism 90
Responding to moral nihilism 91
Naturalism and nonnaturalism 93
Supervenience problems 97
Supervenience solutions 100
Expert disagreement 103
Intuitionism and disagreement 106
Chapter summary 110
5 The grounds of morality 112
Introduction 112
Moral explanation 113
Moral relations 114
Properties of moral relations 117
Transactions 118
Moral kinds 120
Promises 122
Variations of conditions for promises 124
Understanding and a priori knowledge 126
The metaphysical status of moral kinds 128
The convention objection 131
Chapter summary 133
6 The right and the good reconsidered 134
Introduction 134
What’s wrong with deontology 135
Intuitionists against intrinsically good action 136
Prichard’s case for intrinsically good action 137
Ross’s case for intrinsically good action 139
Good and right 142
Good and kind 144
Ought 146
Possible moral facts 148
Particular moral facts 151
Explaining supervenience 153
Chapter summary 157
7 Intuitionism’s rivals 159
Introduction 159
Moral knowledge and normative ethics 160
Supreme principles of morality 161
Kantianism 163
New Kantianism 166
Utilitarianism 168
Utilitarianism and action-guidance 170
Utilitarianism and moral explanation 172
Virtue ethics 175
Criteria of right action 179
The incorporation project 180
Chapter summary 182
8 Practical and ultimate moral issues 183
Introduction 183
Which principles? 184
Moral decisions 187
Moral risk 189
Between thought and action 191
The prudence dependency thesis 193
Moral knowledge again 194
The motivation problem 195
The ultimate issues 197
Chapter summary 200
Conclusion 201
Notes 203
References 214
Index 220
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Is the way to moral truth through theory?
Or do we already know what's right and wrong?
Throughout modern history philosophers have tried to construct elaborate moral systems to determine what's right. Recently, however, some have revived the position that we have intuitive knowledge of right and wrong. In this book, David Kaspar introduces and explores the perspective known as 'Intuitionism'. Charting intuitionism's fall in the twentieth century and its recent resurgence, Kaspar looks at the intuitionist approach to the most important topics in ethics, from moral knowledge to intrinsically good moral action.
David Kaspar defends intuitionism against criticisms from competing metaethical schools, such as moral nihilism and ethical naturalism. It also takes on normative rivals, such as utilitarianism, Kantianism, and virtue ethics. By consolidating the stronger claims of both early analytic and contemporary intuitionists, Kaspar goes on to make a robust case for a rigorously intuitionist approach to explaining morality. Intuitionism also includes chapter summaries and guides to further reading throughout to help readers explore and master this important school of contemporary ethical thought. This is an ideal resource for undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in ethics, metaethics and moral philosophy.

Thinking about morality
Story of contemporary intuitionism
Moral knowledge
New challenges to intuitionism
Grounds of morality
Right and the good reconsidered
Intuitionism's rivals
Being moral: how and why.

2014-11-19