Taking Morality Seriously: A Defense of Robust Realism by David Enoch (English)

Description: Taking Morality Seriously by David Enoch David Enoch develops, argues for, and defends Robust Realism--a strongly realist and objectivist view of ethics and normativity, according to which there are perfectly universal and objective moral truths. He offers elaborate positive arguments for the view, and asserts that no other metaethical position can vindicate our taking morality seriously. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description In Taking Morality Seriously: A Defense of Robust Realism David Enoch develops, argues for, and defends a strongly realist and objectivist view of ethics and normativity more broadly. This view--according to which there are perfectly objective, universal, moral and other normative truths that are not in any way reducible to other, natural truths--is familiar, but this book is the first in-detail development of the positive motivations for the view intoreasonably precise arguments. And when the book turns defensive--defending Robust Realism against traditional objections--it mobilizes the original positive arguments for the view to help with fending off theobjections.The main underlying motivation for Robust Realism developed in the book is that no other metaethical view can vindicate our taking morality seriously. The positive arguments developed here--the argument from the deliberative indispensability of normative truths, and the argument from the moral implications of metaethical objectivity (or its absence)--are thus arguments for Robust Realism that are sensitive to the underlying, pre-theoretical motivations for the view. Author Biography David Enoch teaches law and philosophy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Since graduating from the NYU Philosophy Department in 2003, Enoch has published papers in metaethics (in such journals as The Philosophical Review, Ethics, Oxford Studies in Metaethics, and Philosophical Studies); in epistemology (in Nous, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and Mind); and in political and legalphilosophy (in Law and Philosophy, Legal Theory, The Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, and Theoretical Inquiries in Law). Table of Contents 1: The View, The Motivation, The Book2: The Argument from the Moral Implications of Objectivity (or Lack Thereof)3: The Argument from the Deliberative Indispensability of Irreducibly Normative Truths4: And Now, Robust Metaethical Realism5: Doing with Less6: Metaphysics7: Epistemology8: Disagreement9: Motivation10: Tallying Plausibility PointsBibliographyIndex Review `... presents creative and ambitious arguments for realism, and uncommonly perspicacious responses to the best arguments against it. It instilled in at least this reader a sense of excitement about what metaethics might look like going forward ... The inviting style of Taking Morality Seriously should help to win it a large audience that it has earned through its substance.Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Promotional A powerful argument for universal and objective moral truths Long Description In Taking Morality Seriously: A Defense of Robust Realism David Enoch develops, argues for, and defends a strongly realist and objectivist view of ethics and normativity more broadly. This view--according to which there are perfectly objective, universal, moral and other normative truths that are not in any way reducible to other, natural truths--is familiar, but this book is the first in-detail development of the positive motivations for the view intoreasonably precise arguments. And when the book turns defensive--defending Robust Realism against traditional objections--it mobilizes the original positive arguments for the view to help with fending off the objections.The main underlying motivation for Robust Realism developed in the book is that noother metaethical view can vindicate our taking morality seriously. The positive arguments developed here--the argument from the deliberative indispensability of normative truths, and the argument from the moral implications of metaethical objectivity (or its absence)--are thus arguments for Robust Realism that are sensitive to the underlying, pre-theoretical motivations for the view. Review Text `... presents creative and ambitious arguments for realism, and uncommonly perspicacious responses to the best arguments against it. It instilled in at least this reader a sense of excitement about what metaethics might look like going forward ... The inviting style of Taking Morality Seriously should help to win it a large audience that it has earned through its substance.Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Review Quote "... presents creative and ambitious arguments for realism, and uncommonly perspicacious responses to the best arguments against it. It instilled in at least this reader a sense of excitement about what metaethics might look like going forward ... The inviting style of Taking MoralitySeriously should help to win it a large audience that it has earned through its substance." Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Feature A powerful argument for universal and objective moral truthsMakes significant advances in the debate over morality and normative ethicsTightly argued; presented with clarity and precision New Feature 1. The View, The Motivation, The Book 2. The Argument from the Moral Implications of Objectivity (or Lack Thereof) 3. The Argument from the Deliberative Indispensability of Irreducibly Normative Truths 4. And Now, Robust Metaethical Realism 5. Doing with Less 6. Metaphysics 7. Epistemology 8. Disagreement 9. Motivation 10. Tallying Plausibility Points Bibliography Index Details ISBN0199683174 Author David Enoch Short Title TAKING MORALITY SERIOUSLY Language English ISBN-10 0199683174 ISBN-13 9780199683178 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2013 Subtitle A Defense of Robust Realism Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations black & white illustrations DEWEY 170 Affiliation Warden, Rhodes House, Oxford UK Release Date 2013-07-11 AU Release Date 2013-07-11 NZ Release Date 2013-07-11 Edited by Anthony Kenny Birth 1932 Death 1985 Position Warden Qualifications PhD Pages 308 Publisher Oxford University Press Publication Date 2013-07-11 Imprint Oxford University Press Alternative 9780199579969 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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