{"product_id":"moral-epistemology-9780415485531","title":"Moral Epistemology","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Aaron Zimmerman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Epistemology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do we know right from wrong? Do we even have moral knowledge? Moral epistemology studies these and related questions about our understanding of virtue and vice. It is one of philosophy's perennial problems, reaching back to Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Locke, Hume and Kant, and has recently been the subject of intense debate as a result of findings in developmental and social psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this outstanding introduction to the subject Aaron Zimmerman covers the following key topics: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is moral epistemology? What are its methods? Including a discussion of Socrates, Gettier and contemporary theories of knowledge\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eskepticism about moral knowledge based on the anthropological record of deep and persistent moral disagreement, including contextualism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003emoral nihilism, including debates concerning God and morality and the relation between moral knowledge and our motives and reasons to act morally\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003eepistemic moral scepticism, intuitionism and the possibility of inferring 'ought' from 'is, ' discussing the views of Locke, Hume, Kant, Ross, Audi, Thomson, Harman, Sturgeon and many others\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ehow children acquire moral concepts and become more reliable judges\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ecriticisms of those who would reduce moral knowledge to value-neutral knowledge or attempt to replace moral belief with emotion.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout the book Zimmerman argues that our belief in moral knowledge can survive sceptical challenges. He also draws on a rich range of examples from Plato's \u003cem\u003eMeno\u003c\/em\u003e and Dickens' \u003cem\u003eDavid Copperfield\u003c\/em\u003e to Bernard Madoff and Saddam Hussein.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncluding chapter summaries and annotated further reading at the end of each chapter, \u003cem\u003eMoral Epistemology\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for all students of ethics, epistemology and moral psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45235533611159,"sku":"9780415485531","price":12987.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415485531.webp?v=1769210030","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/moral-epistemology-9780415485531","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}