{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-moral-realism-9780190068226","title":"The Oxford Handbook of Moral Realism","description":"\"Moral realism\" is a family of theories of morality united by the idea that there are moral facts--facts about what is right or wrong or good or bad--and that morality is not simply a matter of personal preferences, emotions, attitudes, or sociological conventions. The fundamental thought underlying moral realism can be expressed as a parity thesis. There are many kinds of facts, including physical, psychological, mathematical, temporal, and moral facts. So understood, moral realism can be distinguished from a variety of anti-realist theories including expressivism, non-cognitivism, and error theory. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Handbook is divided into four parts, the first of which contains essays about the basic concepts and distinctions which characterize moral realism. The subsequent parts contain essays first defending the idea that morality is a naturalistic phenomenon like other subject matters studied by the empirical sciences; second, that morality is a non-natural phenomenon like logic or \"pure rationality\"; and the final section is dedicated to those theories which deny the usefulness of the natural\/non-natural distinction. The twenty-five commissioned essays cover the field of moral realism in a comprehensive and highly accessible way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaul Bloomfield\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut and works on issues in moral philosophy and metaphysics. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eMoral Reality\u003c\/em\u003e (2001), \u003cem\u003eMorality and Self-Interest \u003c\/em\u003e(2008), and \u003cem\u003eThe Virtues of Happiness \u003c\/em\u003e(2014). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Copp \u003c\/strong\u003eis Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at the University of California, Davis. He is author of \u003cem\u003eMorality, Normativity, and Society \u003c\/em\u003e(1995) and \u003cem\u003eMorality in a Natural World\u003c\/em\u003e (2007), and he has edited several anthologies, including \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of Ethical Theory \u003c\/em\u003e(2006). He is editor of a monograph series with OUP called \"Oxford Moral Theory.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50498509537554,"sku":"9780190068226","price":182.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_38fc0651-09de-49b0-bcc3-716c2b17dbef.jpg?v=1730733600","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-moral-realism-9780190068226","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}