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'Oxford Studies in Metaethics' is the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field. Its broad purview includes work being done at the intersection of ethical theory and metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind.

Metaethics.

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"The author argues that it is possible to develop a metaphysical interpretation of Aquinas's doctrine of natural law that still deserves serious philosophical consideration today; examines Aquinas's theoretical reflections on the metaphysical and epistemological aspects of human natural goodness, applying them to moral contexts as found in the Secunda secundae"--

Metaethics. --- Thomas,

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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.

General ethics --- Metaethics --- Expressivism (Ethics)

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This book examines a variety of arguments that might be thought to support skepticism about the existence of morality, and it explains how these arguments can be answered by those who believe in objective moral truths. The focus throughout is on discussing questions that frequently trouble thoughtful and reflective individuals, including questions like the following: Does the prevalence of moral disagreement make it reasonable to conclude that there aren't really any moral facts at all? Is morality simply relative to particular societies and times? What could objective moral facts possibly be like? If there were moral facts, how could we ever come to know anything about them? Shouldn't belief in the theory of evolution undermine our confidence that our moral intuitions reliably reveal moral truths? Would moral facts ever actually explain anything at all? Can morality really have the motivating and rational force we normally take it to have? How can one possibly find a place for objective moral values in a scientific worldview? The book explores plausible answers to questions like these and it thus aims to show why the belief in objective morality remains an intellectually reasonable one.

Ethics --- Ethical relativism --- Skepticism --- Metaethics

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Der Moralische Realismus vertritt die These, dass sich moralische bzw. ethische Urteile objektiv begründen lassen. Er hat in den letzten Jahrzehnten immer mehr Anhänger gefunden. Sein bekanntester Vertreter im deutschsprachigen Raum ist Julian Nida-Rümelin. Neben zwei Originalbeiträgen, in denen Nida-Rümelin seine Position des moralischen Realismus präzisiert und verteidigt, enthält dieser Band Aufsätze, welche diese Position aus unterschiedlichen Blickwinkeln und mit unterschiedlicher Zielrichtung diskutieren. Mit Beiträgen von Julian Nida-Rümelin, Fiorella Battaglia, Monika Betzler, Christine Bratu, Jan-Christoph Heilinger, Georgios Karageorgoudis, Elif Özmen, Dietmar von der Pfordten, Thomas Pogge, Martin Rechenauer und Thomas Schmidt.

Moral realism --- Metaethics --- Nida-Rümelin, Julian,