does not occur in the premises; (ii) they have taken it that oughtstatements make no truth claims and presumed falsely that they are therefore not qualified to serve as either the premises or the conclusions of valid arguments.
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Pages: 271
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Language: en
Pages: 332
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Can OUGHT be derived from IS? This book presents an investigation of this time-honored problem by means of alethic-deontic predicate logic. New in this study is the leitmotif of relevance: is-ought inferences indeed exist, but they are all irrelevant in a precise logical sense. New proof techniques establish this result
Language: en
Pages: 216
Pages: 216
What is the most distinctive feature of human nature? Does human nature play any significant role in explaining ethical objectivity? How do we arrive at moral judgments? What is the relationship between moral judgments and moral motivation? In answering these questions, this book defends a naturalist, realist and internalist theory
Language: en
Pages: 271
Pages: 271
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Pages: 212
Pages: 212
From Descartes to Spinoza, Western philosophers have attempted to propose an axiomatic systemization of ethics. However, without consensus on the contents and objects of ethics, the system remains incomplete. This fourvolume set presents a model that highlights a Chinese philosopher’s insights on ethics after a 22-year study. Three essential components