Oxford Studies in Metaethics Volume 1 [Hardcover]

Oxford Studies in Metaethicsis the only periodical publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work on 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 intersections of ethical theory with metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind.OSMEprovides 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. Normative guidance,Peter Railton
2. Saying what we mean: an argument against expressivism,Terence Cuneo
3. Expressivism, yes! Relativism, no!,Terence Horgan and Mark Timmons
4. Anthropocentric constraints on human value,Daniel Jacobson and Justin D'Arms
5. The meaning of the 'ought',Ralph Wedgwood
6. Knowing enough to disagree: a new response to the moral twin earth argument,Mark van Roojen
7. Moral feelings and moral concepts,Allan Gibbard
8. Negation for expressivists: a collection of problems with a suggestion for their solution,James Dreier
9. Direction of fit and motivational cognitivism,Sergio Tenenbaum
10. Misunderstanding metaethics: Korsgaard's rejection of realism,Nadeem Hussain and Nishi Shah
11. Resisting the buck-passing account of value,Pekka Vayrynen
12. Normativity,Derek Parfit