Humean moral pluralism
Gill, Michael BAuthor
Michael B. Gill offers a new account of Humean moral pluralism: the view that there are different moral reasons for action, which are based on human sentiments. He explores its historical origins, and argues that it offers the most compelling view of our moral experience. Together, pluralism and Humeanism make a philosophically powerful couple.
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Michael B. Gill offers a new account of Humean moral pluralism: the view that there are different moral reasons for action, which are based on human sentiments. He explores its historical origins, and argues that it offers the most compelling view of our moral experience. Together, pluralism and Humeanism make a philosophically powerful couple.
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Multiple ultimate ends, or only one? : the British moralist debate -- Hume's moral pluralism -- Humean non-consequentialist ends -- Prioritarianism and pluralism in Adam Smith -- Contemporary Humean moral pluralisms -- Rossian non-naturalist pluralism -- Formal monism -- Humean pluralism and moral justification -- Moral justification, three prioritarian views, and principled trade-offs -- Agonizing decisions and Humean pluralism.
Hume, David, 1711-1776.
Pluralism
Ethics
Conduct of life
Philosophy
Philosophy & Religion