Ethical intuitionists believe that there is an irreducible plurality of basic moral principles, that these principles are self-evident, and that rightness and goodness are indefinable properties that cannot be understood in wholly naturalistic terms. In this collection, leading moral philosophers consider how these views are to be understood, and what implications they have for our understanding of morality.
Introduction 1. Prospects for a Value-Based Intuitionism,Robert Audi 2. Sidgwick and Intuitionism,Roger Crisp 3. An Unconnected Heap of Duties?,David McNaughton 4. The Three Phases of Intuitionism,Tom Baldwin 5. Pleasure and Reflection in Ross,Philip Stratton-Lake 6. Justifying Moral Pluralism,Berys Gaut 7. Intuitions and Moral Theorizing,Brad Hooker 8. Ethical Intuitionism, Ethical Naturalism,Nicholas Sturgeon 9. Knowing What to Do, Seeing What to Do,Allan Gibbard 10. Prichard on Duty and Ignorance of Fact,Jonathan Dancy 11. Intuitionism and the Motivation Problem,Stephen Darwall 12. A Wittgensteinian Approach,Robert Arrington Bibliography, Index