Metaphysics of Morality

By Christopher B. Kulp

Book Overview

This is a book on metaethics--in particular, an inquiry into the metaphysical foundations of morality. After carefully exploring the metaphysical commitments, or lack thereof, of the leading versions of moral anti-realism, Kulp develops a new and in-depth theory of moral realism. Starting with the firm recognition of the importance of our common sense belief that we possess a great deal of moral knowledge--that, for example, some acts are objectively right and some objectively wrong--the book goes on to examine the metaphysical grounds of various skeptical responses to this perspective. In great part, the book is devoted to developing a version of realist metaethics: specifically, developing in detail realist theories of moral truth, moral facts, and moral properties.Concluding with the rejection of prominent contemporary forms of moral anti-realism, Kulp presents a rigorous non-naturalistic theory of moral realism, and a vindication of the basic commitments of commonsensemoral thought.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030234126
• ISBN13: 9783030234126
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"