Philosophical perspectives on moral certainty / / edited by Cecilie Eriksen [and three others].

• Superior document: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory Ser.
• TeilnehmendeR: Eriksen, Cecilie,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, New York : : Routledge,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory Ser.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (250 pages)

Moral certainty refers to those aspects of morality- moral acting, feeling, and thinking-that are beyond doubt, explanation, and justification. The essays in this book explore the concept of moral certainty and its application and usefulness in contemporary moral debates.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: On Moral Certainty -- 2. Socially Disruptive Technologies and Moral Certainty -- 3. Bedrock Gender -- 4. "The Frightening Thing Is the Uncertainty": Wittgenstein on Love and the Desire for Certainty -- 5. Unbearable Certainties -- 6. Wrong Hinges -- 7. Local Moral Certainty and the Possibility of Cross-Cultural Understanding -- 8. A Wittgensteinian Account of Free Will and Moral Responsibility -- 9. Moral Certainty and Conceptual Deficiency: A Wittgensteinian Critique of the Moral Fixed Points Proposal -- 10. Moral Certainties - Subjective, Objective, Objectionable? -- 11. Nigel Pleasants on Moral Certainties: A Critical Discussion -- 12. Is There an Internal Link between Seeing a Human and Seeing One to Whom Moral Consideration Is Due? -- Index.