Metaethics Books

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Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 676 ratings — published 1977
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Metaethics Metaethics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 170 ratings — published 2011
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Principia Ethica Principia Ethica (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.79 — 992 ratings — published 1903
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Essays on Moral Realism (Cornell Paperbacks) Essays on Moral Realism (Cornell Paperbacks)
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avg rating 3.96 — 25 ratings — published 1988
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SHAFER-LANDAU:MORAL REALISM:DEFENCE PAPER: A Defence SHAFER-LANDAU:MORAL REALISM:DEFENCE PAPER: A Defence (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as metaethics)
avg rating 3.97 — 76 ratings — published 2003
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Metaethics: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy) Metaethics: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy)
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avg rating 3.67 — 43 ratings — published 2015
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The Moral Problem The Moral Problem (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.57 — 83 ratings — published 1994
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An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 6,271 ratings — published 1751
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The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 24,157 ratings — published 2010
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Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 22,341 ratings — published 1785
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Taking Morality Seriously: A Defense of Robust Realism Taking Morality Seriously: A Defense of Robust Realism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 43 ratings — published 2011
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Whatever Happened to Good and Evil? Whatever Happened to Good and Evil? (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as metaethics)
avg rating 3.59 — 167 ratings — published 2003
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What We Owe to Each Other What We Owe to Each Other (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as metaethics)
avg rating 3.86 — 660 ratings — published 1999
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Ethical Intuitionism Ethical Intuitionism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as metaethics)
avg rating 4.02 — 178 ratings — published 2005
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An Introduction to Contemporary Metaethics An Introduction to Contemporary Metaethics (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.64 — 118 ratings — published 2003
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A Treatise of Human Nature A Treatise of Human Nature (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 12,601 ratings — published 1739
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The Sources of Normativity The Sources of Normativity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 429 ratings — published 1996
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The Fundamentals of Ethics The Fundamentals of Ethics (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.75 — 759 ratings — published 2009
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After Virtue After Virtue (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as metaethics)
avg rating 4.18 — 6,270 ratings — published 1982
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Metaethics (Palgrave Philosophy Today) Metaethics (Palgrave Philosophy Today)
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avg rating 3.50 — 12 ratings — published 2012
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Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 4.04 — 797 ratings — published 1985
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Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 4.33 — 249 ratings — published 2021
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The Point of View of the Universe: Sidgwick and Contemporary Ethics The Point of View of the Universe: Sidgwick and Contemporary Ethics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 4.39 — 72 ratings — published 2014
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Unbelievable Errors: An Error Theory about All Normative Judgements Unbelievable Errors: An Error Theory about All Normative Judgements (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 6 ratings — published
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Morality and Mathematics Morality and Mathematics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 15 ratings — published
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Essays in Moral Skepticism Essays in Moral Skepticism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2016
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Moral Error Theory: History, Critique, Defence Moral Error Theory: History, Critique, Defence (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 4.26 — 31 ratings — published 2014
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The Ethical Life: Fundamental Readings in Ethics and Moral Problems The Ethical Life: Fundamental Readings in Ethics and Moral Problems (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 3.88 — 225 ratings — published 2009
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Moral Truths: The Foundation of Ethics Moral Truths: The Foundation of Ethics (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 3.29 — 7 ratings — published 2014
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Ethics (British Moral Philosophers) Ethics (British Moral Philosophers)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 3.68 — 53 ratings — published 1912
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On the Genealogy of Morals On the Genealogy of Morals (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 4.12 — 34,666 ratings — published 1887
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Moral Realism and the Foundations of Ethics (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) Moral Realism and the Foundations of Ethics (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 2.54 — 54 ratings — published 1989
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A Short History of Ethics: A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the Twentieth Century A Short History of Ethics: A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 3.83 — 653 ratings — published 1966
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Philosophical Ethics: An Historical and Contemporary Introduction Philosophical Ethics: An Historical and Contemporary Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.58 — 38 ratings — published 1997
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Wise Choices, Apt Feelings: A Theory of Normative Judgment Wise Choices, Apt Feelings: A Theory of Normative Judgment (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 3.56 — 52 ratings — published 1990
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Moral Reason (Oxford Philosophical Monographs) Moral Reason (Oxford Philosophical Monographs)
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avg rating 3.89 — 9 ratings — published 2014
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Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Volume 1 (Oxford Studies in Metaethics) Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Volume 1 (Oxford Studies in Metaethics)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 4.08 — 13 ratings — published 2006
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Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 4.39 — 69 ratings — published 2000
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Ethics Without Ontology Ethics Without Ontology (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 147 ratings — published 2004
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Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Volume 3 (Oxford Studies in Metaethics) Oxford Studies in Metaethics, Volume 3 (Oxford Studies in Metaethics)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published 2008
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Foundations of Ethics: An Anthology Foundations of Ethics: An Anthology (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 4.16 — 31 ratings — published 2006
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The Myth of Morality (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy) The Myth of Morality (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 3.93 — 67 ratings — published 2001
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The Normative Web: An Argument for Moral Realism The Normative Web: An Argument for Moral Realism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 3.73 — 30 ratings — published 2007
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The Language of Morals The Language of Morals (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 3.57 — 87 ratings — published 1952
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Arguing about Metaethics (Arguing About Philosophy) Arguing about Metaethics (Arguing About Philosophy)
by (shelved 2 times as metaethics)
avg rating 4.18 — 11 ratings — published 2006
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Morals By Agreement Morals By Agreement (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as metaethics)
avg rating 3.95 — 55 ratings — published 1986
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Without God: Science, Belief, Morality, and the Meaning of Life Without God: Science, Belief, Morality, and the Meaning of Life (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as metaethics)
avg rating 3.96 — 119 ratings — published
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Reasons First Reasons First (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published
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Normative Externalism Normative Externalism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published
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Self-Constitution: Agency, Identity, and Integrity Self-Constitution: Agency, Identity, and Integrity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 150 ratings — published 2009
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Iain M. Banks
“...a guilty system recognizes no innocents. As with any power apparatus which thinks everybody’s either for it or against it, we’re against it. You would be too, if you thought about it. The very way you think places you among its enemies. This might not be your fault, because every society imposes some of its values on those raised within it, but the point is that some societies try to maximize that effect, and some try to minimize it. You come from one of the latter and you’re being asked to explain yourself to one of the former. Prevarication will be more difficult than you might imagine; neutrality is probably impossible. You cannot choose not to have the politics you do; they are not some separate set of entities somehow detachable from the rest of your being; they are a function of your existence. I know that and they know that; you had better accept it.”
Iain M. Banks