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Ethical Intuitionism

Philip Stratton-Lake
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      Ethical Intuitionism was the dominant moral theory in Britain for much of the 18th, 19th and the first third of the 20th century. However, during the middle decades of the 20th century ethical intuitionism came to be regarded as utterly untenable. It was thought to be either empty, or metaphysically and epistemologically extravagant, or both. This hostility led to a neglect of the central intuitionist texts, and encouraged the growth of a caricature of intuitionism that could easily be rejected before moving on to "more serious" philosophical theories.;More recently, however, this hostility towards ethical intuitionism has subsided. A wide range of moral philosophers, from Aristotelians, to rule-consequentialists, to expressivists, Kantians and deontologists, are beginning to look to the ethical intuitionists's work as a positive resource. It is, therefore, a good time to get clear on what it was that intuitionists said, and re-evaluate their contribution to our understanding of morality.;This volume is the first serious engagement with ethical intuitionism in the light of contemporary developments in ethical theory. It contains essays by eminent moral philosophers working in very
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Philip Stratton-Lake EAN: 9780198250982 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 459 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2002-08-15 CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy WIDTH: 157 cm SPINE:

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      Ethics and moral philosophy

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      Philip Stratton-Lake is Lecturer in Philosophy at Reading University.
      Ethical Intuitionism was the dominant moral theory in Britain for much of the 18th, 19th and the first third of the 20th century. However, during the middle decades of the 20th century ethical intuitionism came to be regarded as utterly untenable. It was thought to be either empty, or metaphysically and epistemologically extravagant, or both. This hostility led to a neglect of the central intuitionist texts, and encouraged the growth of a caricature of intuitionism that could easily be rejected before moving on to "more serious" philosophical theories.;More recently, however, this hostility towards ethical intuitionism has subsided. A wide range of moral philosophers, from Aristotelians, to rule-consequentialists, to expressivists, Kantians and deontologists, are beginning to look to the ethical intuitionists's work as a positive resource. It is, therefore, a good time to get clear on what it was that intuitionists said, and re-evaluate their contribution to our understanding of morality.;This volume is the first serious engagement with ethical intuitionism in the light of contemporary developments in ethical theory. It contains essays by eminent moral philosophers working in very
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Philip Stratton-Lake EAN: 9780198250982 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 459 g HEIGHT: 234 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Oxford University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2002-08-15 CITY: GENRE: PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy WIDTH: 157 cm SPINE:

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      Ethics and moral philosophy

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      Philip Stratton-Lake is Lecturer in Philosophy at Reading University.

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