Overview
Presents an original contribution to the field of moral normativity, while drawing from the work of important philosophers within pragmatism
Offers insight from leaders in the field of moral normativity
Includes a detailed review of the extensive existing literature on normativity
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Drawing on a rich pragmatist tradition, this book offers an account of the different kinds of ‘oughts’, or varieties of normativity, that we are subject to contends that there is no conflict between normativity and the world as science describes it. The authors argue that normative claims aim to evaluate, to urge us to do or not do something, and to tell us how a state of affairs ought to be. These claims articulate forms of action-guidance that are different in kind from descriptive claims, with a wholly distinct practical and expressive character. This account suggests that there are no normative facts, and so nothing that needs any troublesome shoehorning into a scientific account of the world. This work explains that nevertheless, normative claims are constrained by the world, and answerable to reason and argumentation, in a way that makes them truth-apt and objective.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Michael P. Wolf is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Washington and Jefferson College, US. He has published extensively in the philosophy of language and epistemology.
Jeremy Randel Koons is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He has published widely in epistemology, metaethics, philosophy of religion, and other areas.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Normative and the Natural
Authors: Michael P. Wolf, Jeremy Randel Koons
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33687-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-33686-2Published: 09 September 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81573-2Published: 12 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-33687-9Published: 31 August 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 342
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Moral Philosophy, Pragmatism