The Metaethical Problem  

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Sayre-McCord, Geoffrey

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Ethics: An International Journal of Social Political and Legal Philosophy vol. 108 no. 1 (Oct. 1997), page 55-83.
Topik: Metaethical; Moral Problem; Human Decency

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE44.4 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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I begin with two warnings. The first has to do with title of Smith's book. The Moral Problem. When I think of what might count as the moral problem, I think of rampant cruelty, systematic injustice, moral indifference, maybe even the paltrysupply of simple human decency. But I don't think of the problem The Moral Problem is concerned to solve. Smit's problem, important as it is, is not, so far as I can see, a moral problem at all, let alone the moral problem. Instead, it is a metaethical problem, a problem that arises only once we stand back from moral thought and practice and theorize about it. Thus I warn: The Moral Problem is dovoted almost exclusively to pure metaethics. The second warnings is that the sophisticated arguments one finds in Smith's book are so intriguing and engaging, and go so directly to central issues in the moral theory, that working through them can prove addictive. This warning is all the more important because the clarity of Smith's writing and apparently straight structure of the book mask, to some degree, the complexity and subtlety of the arguments. Thus iwarn: coming to grips with arguments i this book-just coming to appreciate their full force and appeal- is marvelously absorbing.

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