Commitment, Value, and Moral Realism

by Marcel S. Lieberman

Overview

Despite the importance of commitment in moral and political philosophy, there has hitherto been little extended analysis of it. Marcel Lieberman examines the conditions under which commitment is possible, and offers at the same time an indirect argument for moral realism. His ambitious study addresses questions that are of great interest to analytic philosophers but also makes many connections with continental philosophy and with folk psychology, sociology and cognitive science. It will be seen as a novel and distinctive intervention in the debate about moral realism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521045308
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	12/03/2007
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.46(h) x 0.51(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The challengers: Allan Gibbard and Richard Rorty; 3. Commitment and intention; 4. Commitment and belief; 5. Self-conception and substantive commitments; 6. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

"In this interesting book, Marcel Liberman develops a novel and sustained argument for moral realism." J.M. Bernstein—The Philosophical Review, Vol.110, No.2 (April 2001)

"Lieberman successfully shows that moral realists are capable of accounting for moral commitment while nonrealists have not yet adequately done so." Ethcis

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