Truth and normativity: an inquiry into the basis of everyday moral claims/ (Record no. 146408)
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| Classification number | 170.44 |
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| Personal name | , Iain |
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| Title | Truth and normativity: an inquiry into the basis of everyday moral claims/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Brassington, Iain |
| Sub title | Iain Brassington |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | England: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Ashgate, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 186 p. |
| Other physical details | HB |
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| Formatted contents note | Contents<br/>Preface vii<br/>1 'There Are No Innocents': Why we Should be Worried<br/>about Moral Philosophy 1<br/>Making Moral Arguments 1<br/>The Moral Terrorist? 6<br/>Other Terrorists 9<br/>Terrorism and the Democratic State: Unelected Affinities 14<br/>The Ship of State and its Galley Slaves 17<br/>The Blurred Borders 20<br/>Opening the Question 23<br/>2 Independentism: Moral Truth and the Lack Thereof 27<br/>Independentism and Dependentism 27<br/>Realist Independentism 30<br/>Realist Independentism and Queer Science 34<br/>The Rejection of Realist Independentism 37<br/>Idealist Independentism: Kant and his Heirs 45<br/>The Importance of the Will 48<br/>The Problem of Formalism 53<br/>The Metaphysics of Reason and the Problem of Taxonomy 58<br/>Reason and the Moral Will 64<br/>Independentism and Commonsense Morality 67<br/>3 Dependentism-Buying Truth and Pawning Normativity 69<br/>If You Know What's Good for You: Eudaimonism 72<br/>Souls, Naturally 76<br/>Cosmology as a Moral Tool 78<br/>In Defence of Politics 84<br/>Eudaimonism, Cosmology and Essentialism 86<br/>Moral Feelings 90<br/>Instrumentalism and the a priori 98<br/>Morality and the Snark IQI<br/>4 The Reality of Values: Heidegger and Moral Thought 105<br/>Morality and Commonsense 105<br/>Heidegger versus Morality? 107<br/>Truth and Reality in Moral Statements 110<br/>B<br/>th<br/>SI<br/>0<br/>V<br/>n<br/>c<br/>n<br/>VI Tmth and Normativity<br/>How to Philosophise (with) a Hammer<br/>Appearance and Values<br/>Categorisation and Apophansis<br/>Problems with the Account<br/>Truth and the Possibility of Moral Error<br/>The Embeddedness of Norms<br/>The Problem of Caprice<br/>Publicity, Commonsense and Critique<br/>5 Oughtobiography: Heidegger and Ethical Thought<br/>Agency and Dasein: the Break from Descartes<br/>Writing about Ethics<br/>Pondering the Abode: Authenticity and Finitude<br/>Pondering the Abode: Ethics and Infinity<br/>Morality and Authenticity: The Problem of Nazi Virtues<br/>Ethics and Krisis<br/>Self, World and Other<br/>Democracy, Terrorism and Existence<br/>What is Wrong with Terrorism(?)<br/>Bibliography<br/>Index<br/>145<br/>146<br/>150<br/>153<br/>155<br/>159<br/>164<br/>170<br/>172<br/>174<br/>177<br/>185<br/>Preface<br/>The arguments in this book started life as a PhD thesis written at the University of<br/>Birmingham between 1999 and 2003. The thesis was, I think, reasonable, but needed<br/>alteration before it was suitable for publication; the result of this modification is an<br/>improvement, but I have no illusions that the arguments in this book are perfect.<br/>As such, this book should not be taken as articulating my definitive position on any<br/>matter.<br/>Several people deserve acknowledgement. Primarily, Iain Law deserves massive<br/>credit for his role supervising and supporting my PhD research. Nick Dent also<br/>deserves credit for this. Richard Norman and Joss Walker made valuable comments.<br/>Much of the work towards the revision of the original thesis has been done using<br/>office space at the Centre for Professional Ethics and at the School of Medicine,<br/>both at Keele University: I am particularly grateful to Steve Wilkinson for lending<br/>me his office for 18 months, and to Angus Dawson for allowing the library to think<br/>that I was a member of staff. Credit is also due to the staff and smdents at Newcastle-<br/>under-Lyme School, who tolerated me using their word processors for my work<br/>when I should have been planning lessons; it was the fact that marking would eat<br/>into research time that stopped me setting any homework at all during my spell as a<br/>teacher there.<br/>On a more personal level, I am immensely grateful for the continued support<br/>I- financial and moral - of my family and friends, without whose encouragement I<br/>/ould have abandoned the project and entered the real world ages ago. |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 28/08/2016 | 170.44 BRA/T | P01035 | 14/07/2018 | 14/07/2018 | General Books |