The Logic of the Moral Sciences

The Logic of the Moral Sciences
Author: John Stuart Mill
Publisher: Open Court Publishing
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1988
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780812690538

Table of Contents The Logic of the Moral Sciences by Mill, John Stuart; Ayer, A.J. (Introduction by) Terms of Use Introduction A.J. Ayer p. 9 1. Introductory Remarks p. 19 2. Of Liberty and Necessity p. 22 3. That there is, or may be, a Science of Human Nature p. 30 4. Of the Laws of Mind p. 35 5. Of Ethology, or the Science of the Formation of Character p. 46 6. General Considerations on the Social Science p. 61 7. Of the Chemical, or Experimental Method in the Social Science p. 65 8. Of the Geometrical, or Abstract Method p. 74 9. Of the Physical, or Concrete Deductive Method p. 83 10. Of the Inverse Deductive, or Historical Method p. 100 11. Additional Elucidations of the Science of History p. 121 12. Of the Logic of Practice, or Art; including Morality and Policy p. 134 Descriptive content provided by Syndetics"! a Bowker service.

The Logic of the Moral Sciences

The Logic of the Moral Sciences
Author: John Stuart Mill
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2020-05-21
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0486847039

A founding document in the area of study now known as the social sciences, this treatise examines the rational, philosophical basis for the study of human behavior, society, and history.

The Moral Landscape

The Moral Landscape
Author: Sam Harris
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2011-09-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 143917122X

Sam Harris dismantles the most common justification for religious faith--that a moral system cannot be based on science.

Elements of Moral Cognition

Elements of Moral Cognition
Author: John Mikhail
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 431
Release: 2011-06-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0521855780

John Mikhail explores whether moral psychology is usefully modelled on aspects of Universal Grammar.

Problems for Moral Debunkers

Problems for Moral Debunkers
Author: Peter Königs
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2022-02-21
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 311075021X

One the most interesting debates in moral philosophy revolves around the significance of empirical moral psychology for moral philosophy. Genealogical arguments that rely on empirical findings about the origins of moral beliefs, so-called debunking arguments, take center stage in this debate. Looking at debunking arguments based on evidence from evolutionary moral psychology, experimental ethics and neuroscience, this book explores what ethicists can learn from the science of morality, and what they cannot. Among other things, the book offers a new take on the deontology/utilitarianism debate, discusses the usefulness of experiments in ethics, investigates whether morality should be thought of as a problem-solving device, shows how debunking arguments can tell us something about the structure of philosophical debate, and argues that debunking arguments lead to both moral and prudential skepticism. Presenting a new picture of the relationship between empirical moral psychology and moral philosophy, this book is essential reading for moral philosophers and moral psychologists alike.

Science and Moral Imagination

Science and Moral Imagination
Author: Matthew J. Brown
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2020-11-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0822987678

The idea that science is or should be value-free, and that values are or should be formed independently of science, has been under fire by philosophers of science for decades. Science and Moral Imagination directly challenges the idea that science and values cannot and should not influence each other. Matthew J. Brown argues that science and values mutually influence and implicate one another, that the influence of values on science is pervasive and must be responsibly managed, and that science can and should have an influence on our values. This interplay, he explains, must be guided by accounts of scientific inquiry and value judgment that are sensitive to the complexities of their interactions. Brown presents scientific inquiry and value judgment as types of problem-solving practices and provides a new framework for thinking about how we might ethically evaluate episodes and decisions in science, while offering guidance for scientific practitioners and institutions about how they can incorporate value judgments into their work. His framework, dubbed “the ideal of moral imagination,” emphasizes the role of imagination in value judgment and the positive role that value judgment plays in science.