Oxford Studies in Metaethics Volume 5 [Hardcover]

Oxford Studies in Metaethicsis the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field. Its broad purview includes work being done at the intersection of ethical theory and metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. The essays included in the series provide an excellent basis for understanding recent developments in the field; those who would like to acquaint themselves with the current state of play in metaethics would do well to start here.

1. Reason, Reasons and Normativity,Joseph Raz
2. Value and the Right Kind of Reason,Mark Schroeder
3. Normativity, Necessity and Tense: A Recipe for Homebaked Normativity,Stephen Finlay
4. Non-Naturalism: The Jackson Challenge,Jussi Suikkanen
5. How Objectivity Matters,David Enoch
6. When Do Goals Advance the Norms that Explain Them?,James Dreier
7. Humean Constructivism in Moral Theory,James Lenman
8. Humean Theories of Motivation,Melissa Barry
9. A Sentimentalist Solution to the Moral Attitude Problem,Antti Kauppinen
10. Categorizing Goods,Julie Tannenbaum
11. Truth, Beauty and Goodness,Simon Blackburn

Russ Shafer-Landauis professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author ofMoral Realism: A Defence(OUP 2003), which received an honourable mention for the 2005 APA Book Prize, andWhatever Happened to Good and Evil?(OUP 2004).