The Moral Skeptic

by Anita M. Superson

Overview

This book challenges assumptions that philosophers traditionally have made in setting out the demands of the skeptic who asks, "Why be moral?" It aims to show the ways in which philosophers should broaden, narrow, and otherwise fine-tune the skeptic's position so that a defeat of skepticism is complete.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199704118
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/13/2009
Series:	Studies in Feminist Philosophy
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	478 KB

About the Author

Anita Superson was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She became interested in medical ethics as an undergraduate majoring in biology. After completing a Master's Degree at the Univeristy of Tennessee in philosophy, with a concentration in medical ethics, Superson when on to the University of Illinois, Chicago, to study theoretical ethics. She is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgmentsPreface1. Introduction2. The Self-Interest Based Contractarian Response to the Skeptic3. A Feminist Ethics Response to the Skeptic4. Deformed Desires5. Self-Interest Versus Morality6. The Amoralist7. The Motive Skeptic8. The Interdependency Thesis

Editorial Reviews

"Anita Superson's The Moral Skeptic is an impressive book in many ways. It covers a great number of important topics in contemporary ethics in a thorough way and from a novel feminist perspective.... Superson manages to cover all this ground with expertise and also weave an interesting narrative thread through the whole book.... Superson's book is clearly written and well structured."—Jussi Suikkanen, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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