Debunking Arguments in Ethics
Cambridge University Press, 7/26/2018
EAN 9781108423694, ISBN10: 1108423698
Hardcover, 254 pages, 23.4 x 16.3 x 1.8 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
In this crisply written book, Hanno Sauer offers the first book-length treatment of debunking arguments in ethics, developing an empirically informed and philosophically sophisticated account of genealogical arguments and their significance for the reliability of moral cognition. He breaks new ground by introducing a series of novel distinctions into the current debate, which allows him to develop a framework for assessing the prospects of debunking or vindicating our moral intuitions. He also challenges the justification of some of our moral judgments by showing that they are based on epistemically defective processes. His book is an original, cutting-edge contribution to the burgeoning field of empirically informed metaethics, and will interest philosophers, psychologists, and anyone interested in how - and whether - moral judgment works.
Introduction
debunking arguments and the gap
Part I. Debunking
1. Debunking explained
structure and typology
2. Debunking defused
the metaethical turn
3. Debunking contained
selective and global scope
Part II. Disagreement
4. Debunking realism
moral disagreement
5. Debunking conservatism
political disagreement
Part III. Deontology
6. Debunking details
the perils of trolleyology
7. Debunking doctrines
double or knobe effect?
Part IV. Conclusion
8. Vindicating arguments.