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.