Truth and Normativity: An Inquiry into the Basis of Everyday Moral Claims

by Iain Brassington

Overview

By posing the question of what it is that marks the difference between something like terrorism and something like civil society, Brassington argues that commonsense moral arguments against terrorism or political violence imply that the modern democratic polis might also be morally unjustifiable. In exploring this problem, Brassington identifies a tension between the primary values of truth and normativity in the standard accounts of moral theory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138265370
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/15/2016
Series:	Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Philosophy
Pages:	196
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Iain Brassington is Lecturer in Bioethics at the School of Law, University of Manchester, UK.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; 'There are no innocents': why we should be worried about moral philosophy; Independentism: moral truth and the lack thereof; Dependentism: buying truth and pawning normativity; The reality of values: Heidegger and moral thought; Oughtobiography: Heidegger and ethical thought; Bibliography; Index.