Clarendon Press (2005)
Authors |
|
Abstract |
Mark Eli Kalderon argues that morality is a fiction by means of which our emotional attitudes are conveyed. This is an improvement on the standard noncognitivist view, which denies that moral judgement is belief but claims instead that it is the expression of an emotional attitude. Noncognitivists tend to deny that moral sentences even purport to represent moral reality, and so they have developed non-standard semantics for moral discourse. Kalderon's fictionalism shows that noncognitivism can manage without such controversial semantics. His book will be essential reading for anyone working in moral philosophy, and for many others working on meaning and knowledge.
|
Keywords | Ethics Philosophy |
Categories | (categorize this paper) |
Reprint years | 2007 |
Buy this book |
Find it on Amazon.com
|
Call number | BJ1012.K267 2005 |
ISBN(s) | 9780199228041 9780199275977 0199228043 |
Options |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Download options

References found in this work BETA
No references found.
Citations of this work BETA
Faith, Belief and Fictionalism.Finlay Malcolm & Michael Scott - 2017 - Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 98 (S1):257-274.
View all 58 citations / Add more citations
Similar books and articles
Moral Fictionalism? Mark Eli Kalderon. [REVIEW]Andrew Fisher - 2007 - Philosophical Quarterly 57 (226):145-148.
Hermeneutic Moral Fictionalism as an Anti-Realist Strategy.Stacie Friend - 2008 - Philosophical Books 49 (1):14-22.
The Frege–Geach Problem and Kalderon's Moral Fictionalism.Matti Eklund - 2009 - Philosophical Quarterly 59 (237):705-712.
The Return of Moral Fictionalism.Nadeem J. Z. Hussain - 2004 - Philosophical Perspectives 18 (1):149–188.
Moral Fictionalism Versus the Rest.Daniel Nolan, Greg Restall & Caroline West - 2005 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 83 (3):307 – 330.
Moral Beliefs for the Error Theorist?François Jaquet & Hichem Naar - 2016 - Ethical Theory and Moral Practice 19 (1):193-207.
Analytics
Added to PP index
2009-01-28
Total views
146 ( #65,961 of 2,409,596 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
7 ( #102,190 of 2,409,596 )
2009-01-28
Total views
146 ( #65,961 of 2,409,596 )
Recent downloads (6 months)
7 ( #102,190 of 2,409,596 )
How can I increase my downloads?
Downloads