Speech and Morality: On the Metaethical Implications of Speaking

Author:   Terence Cuneo (University of Vermont)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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Pages:   274
Publication Date:   07 August 2014
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Author:   Terence Cuneo (University of Vermont)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.40cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.30cm
Weight:   0.588kg
ISBN:  

9780198712725


ISBN 10:   0198712723
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   07 August 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
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Table of Contents

Preface 1: Clarke's Insight 2: A Normative Theory of Speech 3: The Moral Dimensions of Speech 4: Against the Mixed View: Part I 5: Against the Mixed View: Part II 6: Three Antirealist Views 7: Epistemic Implications Bibliography Index

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...this is a superb book, original and highly rigorous, and one that rewards repeated reading. James Edwin Mahon, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online Positive arguments in favor of moral realism are not wildly abundant. Cuneo has provided us with one that is bold, highly original, clearly argued, broad in its sweep and rich in detail. His book is compulsory reading for anyone interested in the nature of moral truth. Australasian Journal of Philosophy [T]he emphasis on the normative dimensions of speech and its consequences for metaethics are highly interesting and deserve closer investigation. Cuneo's book is a fine start. Ethics ... this is a superb book, original and highly rigorous, and one that rewards repeated reading. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Online


the emphasis on the normative dimensions of speech and its consequences for metaethics are highly interesting and deserve closer investigation. Cuneo's book is a fine start. -- Ethics


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Terence Cuneo is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Vermont. In addition to having published a wide array of essays in the foundations of ethics, the history of philosophy, and the philosophy of religion, Cuneo's books include The Normative Web: An Argument for Moral Realism (OUP, 2007), which was awarded Honorable Mention, American Philosophical Association Biennial Book Prize 2007-2009, Foundations of Ethics (edited with Russ Shafer-Landau; Blackwell, 2007), and The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Reid (edited with René van Woudenberg; CUP, 2004).

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