Jordan Howard Sobel

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GOOD AND GOLD

a Judgmental History of Metaethics from G. E. Moore through J. L. Mackie

3 Decenber 2008
 

G. E. Moore -- a portrait
 

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Cover, contents, preface

The Argument of the Book

 Part One.  G. E. Moore -- The Naturalistic Fallacy, and Non-naturalism

Chapter I.  The Naturalistic Fallacy

Chapter II.  The Naturalistic Fallacy and Hume's Law: a Logical Interlude

Chapter III. Further Thoughts about the Naturalistic Fallacy

Chapter IV. The Problem of Nonnaturalness

Chapter V.  Dependence

Chapter VI.  Descriptiveness

Postscript to Part One. Natural Properties in Principia Ethica

Part Two.   Ethical Intuitionism

Chapter VII.  Stage-setting

Chapter VIII.  Logic, Language, and Metaphysics

Chapter IX.  Epistemology

Chapter X.  Moral Psychology

Postscript to Part Two: Prima Facie Duty Deontology vs Intrinsic Value Ideal Utilitarianism

Part Three.  R. M. Hare -- A Noncognitivist Theory of Ethics

Midway -- from First Parts to Last Parts.   Chapter XI  To Universal Prescriptivism

Chapter XII.  Universal Prescriptivism

Chapter XIII.  Objective Prescriptions for Problems of the Theory

Chapter XIV.  A Critique of the Argument of Moral Thinking

Part Four.  J. L. Mackie -- An Error-Theory of Ethics
Variations on a Humean Theme

Chapter XV.  Variations other than Mackie's on that theme

Chapter XVI.  Mackie’s Projective/Objectifying Error-Theory - Exposition

Chapter XVII.  Theories of Ludwig Wittgentstein and Simon Blackburn

Chapter XVIII.  Mackie’s Projective/Objectifying Error-Theory – Discussion
 

References

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