The Underdetermination of Moral Theories

Auteur

Marius Baumann is Academic Director of the Centre for Ethics and Philosophy in Practice at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. His articles have appeared in Synthese, Australasian Journal of Philosophy, and Ethical Theory and Moral Practice.

Texte du rabat

The first extended treatment and defence of the idea of moral underdetermination, this book challenges the view of the relationship between the moral traditions and develops a new sceptical argument and a new position in metaethics. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Contenu

Introduction; Part I. Scientific Underdetermination and the Analogy to Ethics: 1. Underdetermination in Science; 2. The analogy to the moral realm; Part II. Underdetermination in Normative Ethics: 3. Parfit and the case study of case studies; 4. Going algorithmic: consequentializing and deontologizing; 5. The big picture in normative ethics; Part III. Skepticism and a New Metaethical Position: 6. Skeptical repercussions; 7. A new position in metaethics; 8. Looking back and ahead; Bibliography; Index.