This collection of essays showcases recent work on Hume and the Is/Ought question. There are four distinct attempts to redefine and prove Hume's No-Ought-From-Is thesis in such a way as to evade the famous counterexamples of A.N.Prior. The rival approaches are explained and discussed together with their implications for meta-ethical theory. INDICE: Preface and Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; C.Pigden - The Autonomy of Ethics; A.N. Prior - Professor Prior and theAutonomy of Ethics; J.M.Shorter - Hume's Own 'Ought' Conclusions; A.C.Baier -Much Obliged; W.Robison - Letter From A Gentleman in Dunedin to a Lady in theCountry; A Gentleman - Hume's Master Argument; A.Heathcote - Heathcote's Hume; A.Musgrave - On Heathcote Against Hume's Law; N.Y.S. Lo - Comments on 'Hume's Master Argument'; C.Pigden - Comments on 'Hume's Master Argument'; G.Schurz - Reply to Criticisms; A.Heathcote - In Defence of Hume's Law; G.Russell - TheSignificance of Hume's Law; H.Salwén - Snare's Puzzle/ Hume's Purpose: Non-Cogntivism and What Hume Was Really Up To With No-Ought-From-Is; C.Pigden - Comments on Salwén And Pigden; N.Y.S.Lo - Reply to Lo; C.Pigden - Nontrivial Versions of Hume's Is-Ought Thesis; G.Schurz - On The Triviality of Hume's Law: Reply to Gerhard Schurz; C.Pigden - Reply to Pigden; G.Schurz - Barriers to Implication; G.Restall & G.Russell - Comments on 'Barriers to Implication'; P.Vranas - Comments on Restall, Russell and Vranas; G.Schurz - Supervenience and the Autonomy of Ethics: Yet another Way in Which Relevant Logic is Superior to Classical Logic; E.W.Mares - Moral Conclusions from Nonmoral Premises; S.Maitzen - Comments on 'Moral Conclusions from Nonmoral Premises'; G.Schurz - Comments on 'Moral Conclusions from Nonmoral Premises'; C.Pigden - Reply to Pigden and Schurz; S.Maitzen - Consolidated Bibliography - Index -
- ISBN: 978-0-230-20520-8
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 368
- Fecha Publicación: 13/08/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés