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This book offers a set of reflections on the ethics of care in full articulation with some of the most pressing issues of our time. Several themes are analyzed, such as medical care, self-care, justice, economics, politics, and technology. All of them, however, are permeated and united by a common philosophical purpose, namely: an ethics of care not only allows the conception of behavioral relationships and human values but also puts into play the theoretical foundations of ethics itself. It is in this sense that the ethics of care proposed in this volume can be considered metaethics. Since they present multidisciplinary contents and concepts, the chapters of this volume are relevant theoretical tools for researchers, professors, and students, as well as specialized caregivers, who want to deepen the new theoretical and practical implications of care in contemporary society.

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Die Metaethik als Disziplin kann auf eine vergleichsweise kurze Vergangenheit zurückblicken. Datiert wird ihre Geburtsstunde zumeist auf das Erscheinen der Principia Ethica (1903) von G. E. Moore. Seitdem hat sie jedoch einen rasanten Aufstieg erlebt. So müssen sich ihre Publikationszahlen, auch im deutschsprachigen Raum, nicht vor denen der angewandten Ethik oder politischen Philosophie verstecken. Diesem Interesse steht ein auffälliges »Schweigen« gegenüber, das Forschungsfeld entsprechend zu strukturieren und überblicksartig darzustellen. Insbesondere im deutschsprachigen Raum finden wir aktuell nur wenig einführende Literatur, die dieser Zielsetzung folgt. Diesem Desiderat möchte der »Grundkurs Metaethik« abhelfen. Konzeptionell ist er als ein Einführungswerk zu verstehen, das versucht, einen Überblick über die Grundlagen, Positionen und Schlüsselkontroversen der Metaethik anzubieten. Es richtet sich an Studierende der Philosophie, an Lehrende in der Schule und Universität, sowie an alle, die an Fragen interessiert sind, die mit den Grundlagen der Moral zusammenhängen. Die einzelnen Kapitel können unabhängig voneinander studiert werden, am Ende jedes Kapitels werden Literaturhinweise zur vertiefenden Beschäftigung mit dem Thema gegeben.

Metaethics. --- Metaethics --- Metaethik.

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This Handbook surveys the contemporary state of the burgeoning field of metaethics. Forty-four chapters, all written exclusively for this volume, provide expert introductions to: the central research programs that frame metaethical discussionsthe central explanatory challenges, resources, and strategies that inform contemporary work in those research programs debates over the status of metaethics, and the appropriate methods to use in metaethical inquiry This is essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in metaethics, from those coming to it for the first time to those actively pursuing research in the field.

Metaethics --- Ethics --- Metaethics. --- General ethics

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This book explores the concept of naturalism in ethics, examining the intersection of moral philosophy with empirical sciences. It discusses the idea that moral phenomena should be understood as part of the natural world, challenging the traditional distinction between the natural and the moral. The collection of essays, featuring contributions from notable philosophers, aims to investigate the perspectives and limits of ethical naturalism. Key themes include evolutionary explanations of morality, the autonomy of ethics, and the potential for moral progress without appealing to objective moral truths. The book is intended for scholars and students of philosophy, particularly those interested in metaethics and the implications of scientific findings for ethical theory.

Metaethics. --- Ethics, Evolutionary. --- Metaethics --- Ethics, Evolutionary

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What is morality? In Practical Expressivism, Neil Sinclair argues that morality is a purely natural interpersonal co-ordination device, whereby human beings express their attitudes in order to influence the attitudes and actions of others.0The ultimate goal of these expressions is to find acceptable ways of living together. This 'expressivist' model for understanding morality faces well-known challenges concerning 'saving the appearances' of morality, because morality presents itself to us as a practice of objective discovery, not pure expression. 0This book demonstrates how a properly developed expressivist view can overcome this objection, by showing that even if moral practice is fundamentally expressive, it can still come to possess those features that make it appear objective (features such as talk and thought of moral disagreement, truth and belief, and the applicability of logical notions to moral sentences). The key to this development is to emphasise the unique and intricate practical role that morality plays in our lives.0Practical expressivism is also practical in the further sense that it provides repeatable patterns that expressivists can deploy in coming to understand the apparently objective features of morality.

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