Morality: From Error to Fiction

by Richard Joyce

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198879369
• ISBN13: 9780198879367
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"